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- 1 The Best Wood Glue for DIY Lovers
- 1.1 15 g Gorilla Super Glue
- 1.2 4 Oz Gorilla Glue for Wood
- 1.3 16 Ounces FastCap Glue Bot
- 1.4 Franklin International 5006 Titebond II Premium
- 1.5 8 Oz Gorilla Glue for Wood
- 1.6 1.75 Oz Gorilla Clear Glue 4500104
- 1.7 Franklin International Titebond 5064 16 Ounces Glue
- 1.8 Franklin International 1414 Titebond Ultimate Glue
- 1.9 Wangel Strong Adhesive for Wood
- 1.10 Sika Sikadur Crack Fixer
The Best Wood Glue for DIY Lovers
Are you looking for Do It Yourself, or DIY tutorial makes it as if it is easier to do and make pieces of stuff on our own? The difference is that while in tutorial all the equipment is provided already, we have to prepare it ourselves. For example, how are we supposed to combine two kinds of wood without nailing it just like the tutorial said? That is when we need wood glue. This type of glue becomes crucial when we need adhesive substance to attach or combine woods material that was difficult to destroy when you use the nail. However, not all cement products may suit your need. Consider the glue that you look for:
- Come with handy pitcher
It may sound trifle at first but considering some DIY stuff may require us to glued an intricate part where only small pitch can reach it, buying glue with ideal shape of pitcher becomes necessary. Combining or strengthening two parts without flexible glue will be such a pain. Therefore, choose glue for wood that comes with a small and narrow pitcher. On the other hand, if the stuff requires a lot of sticking on a full surface, buying glue with the brush can come in handy.
- Consider the endurance
This one is crucial in determining the longevity of the product or stuff you made. Wood glue for homemade should have long endurance and can keep in place for a long time. The adhesive material should be high that the connected pieces will not fall apart. To determine the best endurance, read the product description carefully. Even if it is claimed to have the long endurance, there is a necessary method of application by applying the glue evenly inconsiderable amount of layer so it will keep the pieces in place.
- Consider the price
Making do-it-yourself stuff is supposed to make a more practical and less pricey creation. Hence, if the budget even exceeds and compete with the price of the sold on the market product, then DIY stuff will be a waste. Quality is everything, but the price can meet in middle ground. Choose with the best quality as well as affordable price. Wood glue for homemade creation must not add up much to your budget, or otherwise, it will only be a waste of energy to make something worth the same with the already created and can be bought easily.
After considering some aspects of what glue needed in making a DIY stuff out of the woods, here we have some reviews of some of the best glue for wood brands on the market.
15 g Gorilla Super Glue
Last but not least is Gorilla Super Glue. Gorilla Super Glue is number one best seller on Amazon and a product with the most favorable review. As the name suggests, Gorilla Super Glue is so sticky it will tear the wood apart if we try to break apart the pieces glued with it. It has the anti-impact formula that makes it resistance to shock. Not only it is shock resistance, but it is also fast in a setting. It only needs around ten until 30 seconds the glue set. Even though it is configured to fast, it is not quickly dried up and lost the sticky power to maintain the adhesion of the glue. The glue is also versatile and not only limited to woods. It works well with plastic, leather, ceramic, metal, paper and more. With such complete features, it makes the glue the best glue wood on the market.
4 Oz Gorilla Glue for Wood
One of the best brands of glue on the market is Gorilla. Gorilla Glue comes in handy with 4 oz size that can be used to strengthen or combine pieces of wood. The glue is water-based adhesive, means it is in liquid and flexible to use. The product has the favorable review with most satisfaction coming from the testimonial. Gorilla 4 oz glue can be used to fix broken wooden furniture, to get MDF boards attached back to speaker board, and to glue together small or intricate pieces of woods. The glue is priced only at around 3 dollars, and it is high endurance and very sticky. People like this brand because it is cheap and efficient.
16 Ounces FastCap Glue Bot
Looking for a mechanical-like shaped glue that is efficient for mobile gluing or gluing a big size of woods, FastCap Glue Bot-Glue Bottle can be the choice. Comes in a bottle with a narrow pitch, this wooden glue is the ideal type of glue, especially for furniture. The 16 ounces sized glue comes in the bottle with a handle as well. Therefore, a user can have full hand grip on the bottle while moving it. The process of fixing will be more precise as the grip is stronger than glue with the only small bottle. The glue is more of strong liquid adhesive that is thick and sticky; hence it does not drip while being applied. The user just needs to squeeze it out to apply. The glue sold with the price around 6-7 dollars.
Franklin International 5006 Titebond II Premium
Are you looking for reliable glue for the big project or big furniture? Franklin International 5006 Titebond II Premium Wood Glue is a good choice. Rather than using pitcher tips, the glue is more available to be used with the brush since it comes with the huge bottle of the gallon. The product is claimed to be the first to pass ANSI test of water resistance. The glue is also approved by FDA to be safe for indirect food contact. The user does not need to frequently go to a store every time the glue ran out because this product comes in gallon and last longer for the extended period of use. The glue in Franklin International is thicker and stickier, and it suits for sticking big chunks of woods. The price is around 18 dollars.
8 Oz Gorilla Glue for Wood
While we already reviewed the 4 oz version, the 8 oz version is also worth considering. The Oz size of Gorilla Glue also is as sticky as gorilla grip but is coming with the slightly different bottle. The bottle rounded with more rounded tip compared to the 4 oz one. It is a water-based adhesive; the glue is flexible while also not easily drips. This glue belongs to PVA glue and is also water resistance. Sticky, this natural glue for wood is suitable for woodworking. It only needs 20-30 minutes, and in a day the pieces are fully set and cemented. The price is around 4-6 dollars, and it is worth twice size of 4 oz.
1.75 Oz Gorilla Clear Glue 4500104
It seems Gorilla holds quite a right place in glue market that has mostly favorable review that another Gorilla product is rising to the top. With the jargon bond virtually everything, the glue is claimed to be an all rounded glue that can stick everything together. It can hold together object not only wooden object but also metal, glass, ceramic, to foam. It all rounded feature makes the glue quite handy especially if we are creating woodworking that combines many elements like the cabinet with glass, vase combined with ceramic and foam and much more. And as the name suggests, it dries clear without leaving spot or stain. It may not be as strong as super glue or specified type of glue because of it all-roundedness, however, it is quite handy for small and creative woodwork. The glue cost for around 6 dollars.
Franklin International Titebond 5064 16 Ounces Glue
While the former Titebond is for large use, for small woodworking, Titebond 5064 coming in 16 ounces weight is a good choice. It comes out with a small tube bottle and pitcher tip, the glue is convenient to stick together parts in the tight location. The length of the tip may not be too long to reach almost untouched part, but it should be enough to be applied in an intricate woodwork. It is also a clear wood glue in which it almost left no traces, and you can paint it as well. Therefore, a user can repaint the woodwork after sticking them together. As for the price of this Titebond glue, it priced around 9 dollars.
Franklin International 1414 Titebond Ultimate Glue
Another Franklin product making it to the list is Franklin International 1414 Titebond Ultimate Glue. The glue comes in the considerably petite size that is similar to Titebond 5064. The remarkable aspect of this glue is that this glue is waterproof. It claimed to had passed HPVA type 1 water resistance test. Therefore, the woodwork will be okay even if it got wet. It also fast in drying, works well and dried up still fast even at low temperature. The glue comes with the small pitcher with the slim but rounded tip that is flexible to use. It will dry with the same wood color instead of clear one. It comes out in 16 oz size, and the glue lasts long because it does not drip easily while being applied. The waterproof can work with water joint as well. The glue can last long and has good endurance. The price for International Franklin 1414 Titebond is around 8 dollars.
Wangel Strong Adhesive for Wood
One of the best wood glue is Wangel Strong Adhesive for Wood. Designed for wood, it can stick together piece of woods strongly as the name suggests. It released with the small tube of 18 ounces, and the Wangel Strong Adhesive glue can work by reuniting crack or piece of woods for woodcraft with no apparent trace. The tip of the tube is small and easy to use for narrow and tight space of timber elements. Not only it is strong, and it dries up well too. It only needs ten to twenty minutes until it dries up. The Wangel Adhesive works well with any woods, but it is preferable to wash the surface before applying it. Wangel Adhesive is also paintable that we can paint the surface that glued.
Sika Sikadur Crack Fixer
Having a crack in your furniture but do not want to let go of the furniture and want to repair it without a trace? Sika Sikadur Crack Fixer can be the solution. Coming with a tube and a rounded tip, Sika Crack Fixer works to cover the permanent spot to join back broken pieces. The round tip of pitcher can be used to be brushed in the circle to make sure all paces are well glued. This wood glue for crack also completed with some necessary tool to adjust to the break. The result is also evident that the break is okay without a trace. The price for this glue is around 5 dollars.
Now that you already know which type of glue will suit you remember to do some necessary steps before applying it. Follow these steps below:
- Clean the wood surface. Use tissue or wood paper to clean the wood part before using it with glue. It is to avoid the debris to stick on the glue and weakened the adhesion of the glue.
- If the crack is big, use wood mud to cover it first since glue is only to strengthen the broken piece, not filling them up.
- Wait until the glue fully set before painting the wood surface. You need to aware of that, or the gluing will not be maximum and as high as expected. The glue substance can stain the pain and create debris mark on the wood surface if it is contacted directly to paint.
After doing these steps, you can start gluing parts together. International Franklin and Gorilla Glue seem to be the top wood glue around, especially Gorilla Super Glue with its impressive versatility and stickiness. However, always consider that what is best for work may not work for another, thus choose glue based on the work that fits your needs. With this glue, making a DIY woodcraft becomes easy. Assembling parts can be done seamlessly without having to use the nail and definitely will save more budget.
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GeeksLikeMe Unveils a Friend Making App Launching on Kickstarter
NEW YORK, New York – October 10, 2018 –
GeeksLikeMe hopes to build a social media that actually creates meaningful relationships
GeeksLikeMe (GLM) is launching its Kickstarter campaign to help connect the geeks of the world for friendship, dating and activities. Whatever people geek out about, GLM will help connect them with others for real relationships:
GLM is running its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter starting October 10 and running through November 8. GeeksLikeMe is for anyone interested in building real relationships with others in a world of superficial social media interactions.
"The idea for GeeksLikeMe started when I moved back home from college and I couldn't find anyone with whom to play dodgeball or ultimate frisbee. Everyone is passionate about something and everyone deserves to share that passion with others." – Sam Gross, Founder, GeeksLikeMe.
Loneliness is a problem in the world today. Here are some scary stats:
- According to Forbes, nearly half of all Americans feel lonely.
- 47% of people surveyed said that they had two or fewer people outside of their family that they could depend on.
- Loneliness is such a problem that in January of this year, Great Britain appointed its first ever minister of loneliness.
- Did you know that being lonely has negative health effects too? Yep, being lonely is just as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and can shorten your lifespan by 8 years!
- And social media isn't helping. In fact, 10% of people age 16-24 responded to a survey that they were "always or often" lonely, which is 3x higher than people over the age of 65.
GeeksLikeMe is being specifically designed to help form real connections. With GeeksLikeMe, people can:
- Get matched with people based on similar likes and dislikes.
- Join chat rooms based on interest and location.
- Have one-on-one conversations
- Create private groups
- And create events and activities around the things they geek out about.
GeeksLikeMe is raising funds to finish development of the app for Android and iPhone. It takes a lot of money build an app for both platforms with as much functionality as GLM will have. It also takes a great deal of funds to market such an app.
The GLM team is a small group of passionate geeks led by founder, Sam Gross. Sam is a former Army Captain and veteran of the Afghan war. After completing his MBA at Babson College, Sam opened his first business, a small pizzeria. Sam currently owns a restaurant and a community web portal startup, and has been heavily involved in building his county's entrepreneurial ecosystem for the last six years.
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Phone: 541-852-3599
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Website: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samgross/geekslikeme-make-new-friends-with-similar-interest

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A tale of where equality exists in this small village in Bali
For anyone visiting Bali, English would be the universal communication tool being used even with the local -if we compare with any other location in Indonesia. Apart from the local tourists, not so many foreigners are able to speak in Bahasa Indonesia, let alone Balinese language. Only local residents would be able to understand the local language.
Not only Balinese language is true to the local, what is even more unique is that in the middle of a forest in Northern part of Bali, exist a language that only able to be understood by the local living there. This language is consolidated geographically, foreign even for local people; this language is called kata kolok, a language that is never be spoken.
Kata kolok or known as sign language for deaf people is a unique local language, independent from any international and even national sign language. Kata kolok has been used as a communication tool in Bengkala village for over seven generations long, where 44 of its 3003 residents are deaf. In Balinese language, Bengkala is sometimes called as Desa Kolok or the village of the deaf.
The high percentage of deaf people in Bengkala is caused by geographically-centric recessive gene named DFNB3 that has been part of the village for over seven generations. Over years, the local residents believes that the deaf itself is caused by curse.
"The myth that has been going around says that two people with magical power fought each others and curse each others to become deaf," said former Bengkala Mayor, Ida Mardana who himself speaks Balinese, Bahasa Indonesia, and English as well as the kata kolok. "The meaning of Bengkala is a place to shelter."
The people in Bengkala empower us to encourage the deaf instead of alienating them. They do it by actually adapting and learning the language so they can communicate with them. In this village, people uses their hands to speak.
Kata kolok is being taught to the children both at home and school as second or third language, sowing the equality seed to grow once they are older. Almost 10% of the residents has recessive gene of being deaf, so this act is also an act of preparation for the future.
That being said, kata kolok is not only belong to the deaf, but everyone in Bengkala village.
The disparity between deaf and not in this village is almost none compare to any other places in the world. "I feel that I am just the same with the rest," said Wayan Sandi, a 72 years old deaf from Bengkala, using his index finger emphasizing the word equal, "we all are one in this community."
Seeing this harmony that exists in this village, doesn't it make you want to pay a visit to the village?
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IAATI Component Parts Markings Award
Nominations Deadline: May 01, 2020
The IAATI Component Parts Markings Award is intended to honor any person or unit possessing the qualifications of an active member of IAATI, although membership is not a prerequisite, who has in some way distinguished themselves in vehicle theft investigations where OEM or aftermarket identification technology/solutions have played a significant part in the success of the investigation. The identification solution may include, but is not limited to:
VINs labels/stamps, OEM ID marks, OEM electronic parts marking, etching or branding solutions, electronic parts marking RF tags, microdots, DNA fluids, and UV light markings, etc
Award Recipients
The IAATI Component Parts Marking Award, sponsored by Recoveri Tag What's Yours?, was presented by IAATI Director Reg Phillips (Canada) and President Bill Johnson to Vehicle ID Specialist Detective Warrant Officer Barry Thysse from the Vehicle Crime Investigate Unit (SAPS), KwaZulu Natal South Africa September 16, 2019, at the 2019 International Association of Auto Theft Investigators International Training Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
IAATI's Components Parts Marking Award, sponsored by Recoveri Tag What's Yours? is intended to honor a person or unit that has distinguished themselves with initiative and/or in- vehicle theft investigations where components parts marking played a significant part in the success.
This year the award was presented to Vehicle ID Specialist Detective Warrant Officer Barry Thysse at the Vehicle Crime Investigative Unit (SAPS), KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Since 1993 Officer Thysse has honed his skills in Law Enforcement and his passion has to lead him into the world of vehicle ID markings. Over these last 26 years, Officer Thysse has been involved with many investigations, across multiple jurisdictions and involving many diverse assignments but it is always the same… he applies what he has learned and with diligent effort delivers the goods.
Officer Thysse first joined IAATI in 2011 to be a part of a network of fellow LE Officers that could sharpen his skills and during his membership has been able to share his experience and knowledge across the 54 police stations in his area. The strangest request he ever had for training was by the South African Army Special Forces to give them practical training on how to steal a vehicle. At first, this request seemed to be a joke but it soon became evident they were serious… they needed Officer Thysse's knowledge to increase their escape and evade ability. It appears the moral of this story is you just don't know where your training and skills will take you so always be ready for an adventure!
If you have worked with Officer Thysse, the view you would use to identify him would be more like the photo below… where he has his head buried inside a vehicle and using his trusty light scoping out the ID marks of a vehicle.
In the year 2018 alone Officer Thysse, tasked with conducting all of the physical examinations at the Isipingo South Africa Police Service yard in Durban KwaZulu Natal, has inspected 3,540 vehicles.
During this year he achieved the identification of 48 vehicles where the only ID marks left to check were microdots. The combined value of these vehicles is 552,154 US dollars.
He also successfully identified 92 vehicles using only their "component markings" and the combined value of these vehicles was 941,385 US dollars.
What does Officer Thysse credit as his ability to achieve such amazing results? 1. He treats each vehicle as a live crime scene. 2. He protects the information that is connected to this examination. 3. He then follows the investigation process taught to him during his training. 4. The cornerstone to his success is knowing where and how to read the ID marks that have been placed on the vehicle.
Whether these are OEM or aftermarket, these ID marks are the identification clues that are the key to establishing the true ID of a vehicle and his work would not be possible without them.
IAATI also wants to encourage others to engage in the world of components parts marking. While you may never be asked to train the military how to steal a vehicle, using the training IAATI has to offer can lead to the same success Officer Thysse has seen. We encourage you to learn more about OEM (VINs, ID marks, OEM electronic parts marking) and Aftermarket (Etching or Branding Solutions, Electronic Parts Marking RF Tags, Microdots, DNA Fluids, UV Light Markings.)
This year the award was awarded to Stanislaus County Auto Theft Taskforce (STANCATT) for their case called: "Attack of the Clones. "
The Recoveri Tag What's Yours Component Parts Marking Award was presented by IAATI Director Reg Phillips (Canada) and President J.D. Hough (AZ) to the Stanislaus County Auto Theft Taskforce (STANCATT) August 6, 2018, at the 2018 International Association of Auto Theft Investigators International Training Conference in Pittsburgh, PA
When this auto task force "looked a little deeper", they demonstrated very effectively how components parks marking are more than just a way to ID a vehicle! By connecting the dots they were able to discover and shut down a criminal enterprise beyond just a stolen vehicle.
SYNOPSIS for "Attack of the Clones"
On August 4, 2017, Central Division Stanislaus County Auto Theft Task Force (STANCATT) initiated a VIN switch investigation, but what started out as an investigation of a possible cloned vehicle led to much more.
- The recovery of four high-end vehicles valued at over ¼ million dollars
- The seizure of four pistols
- The seizure of 277 pounds of methamphetamine - with a street value over a million dollars
- The claim to the second largest Methamphetamine bust in Stanislaus County history
- And all while checking the ID of a vehicle as an Automotive Theft Taskforce
Recoveri, Tag What's Yours? is very honored to provide this award to the STANCATT team and would like to congratulate:
- Investigator John French
- Sgt Lloyd Mackinnon
- Sgt Mayolo Banuelos
- Investigator Matt McCain
- Investigator Kyle Briggs
- Investigator Nolan Thomason
- Investigator Erika Ruano
- Investigator Timothy Fautt
- Detective Dave Wallace
Recoveri, Tag What's Yours? also wants to encourage others to engage in the world of components parts marking. While in this case it was an OEM VIN label used, there are many labels that can be utilized during an investigation.
OEM - VINs, ID marks, OEM electronic parts marking
Aftermarket - Etching or Branding Solutions, Electronic Parts Marking RF Tags, Microdots, DNA Fluids, UV Light Markings
At your next IAATI training opportunity learn more about these labels and you too can look deeper.
This award is intended to honor any person or unit possessing the qualifications of an active member of IAATI, although membership is not a perquisite, who has in some way distinguished themselves in vehicle theft investigations where VIN labels or micro-dot technology played a significant part of the success of the investigation.
This year's winner was United States Customs and Border Protection Sgt. Steve Warriner. Sgt. Warriner is assigned to the Port of Entry in Trout River New York bordering the Canadian Providence of Quebec.
In February 2014, Sgt. Warriner was investigating the contents of a shipping container being shipped by a Numbered Company in Quebec to the Middle East. The container contents which were labeled auto parts appeared to contain more than what was listed on the bill of lading.
A check of the container proved that he was correct. The contained did contain assorted auto parts, but also included a front clip from a BMW (VIN removed) and several "A" Pillars with the Federal Safety Certification Label scratched off. The "A" Pillars were cut and were out from the cars and were worthless (only for junk).
The investigation pointed to the numbered company in Canada and it appeared the owner of the shipping company was a known suspect of vehicle theft. A few weeks later, two more containers were sent out by this company (via rail) destined for the UAE. Sgt. Warriner immediately set up a VACIS (Vehicle And Cargo Inspection System) (X-Ray Imaging) exam of the containers, which revealed that there were at least 6 – 7 vehicles in the containers which were again labeled as auto parts with a combined listed value of $ 67,000.00. The containers were held, the "meat and potatoes" of the investigation. Sgt. Warriner, along with members from other various law enforcement agencies off-loaded all the contents of the containers: a multitude of; fenders, doors, hoods, quarter panels, glass, sunroofs, airbags, headlight assemblies, and other miscellaneous parts).
An examination of all the parts found that several anti-theft labels had been removed in an attempt to hide the identity of the parts. The parts were all photographed and categorized. 7 front clips in the containers all had the VINs removed, in an attempt to hide their identity. Anti-theft glass etching was found on several parts, which lead to the true identity of the vehicles. After all was said and done, and the parts were identified as stolen, 7 vehicles were recovered, along with several parts from 6 other stolen vehicles – all were stolen from the Greater Montreal, Quebec area. Total combined amount was over $ 300,000.00. But the case did not end there. 6months later, the bad guys were at it again, and attempted to ship (via rail) another container which was also found by Sgt. Warriner to contain another 4 stolen vehicles.
The same process was conducted, parts were off loaded, photographed and categorized. Vehicles again stolen from the Greater Montreal Quebec area, with a combined total of over $ 175,000.00 were recovered.
Congratulations to Sgt. Warriner on a job well done.
left to right: Jim Holmes, Steve Simmers, Tucson Police Auto Theft Unit/Taskforce, Shane Sholl, Tucson Police Auto Theft Unit/Taskforce and Rick Sandt, Avery Dennison


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Trust's mission to save Balls Wood, Hertfordshire
PUBLISHED: 17:19 15 February 2010 | UPDATED: 15:44 20 February 2013
After learning about Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust's mission to save Balls Wood, Hertfordshire Life editor Clare Bourke decided to find out for herself just why it is so special
A CRISP January Sunday morning - the perfect chance to head for Balls Wood in Hertford Heath and enjoy a winter walk. I have been listening with interest to the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust about the desperate need to safeguard the area for the future so I donned my wellies and headed off to Hertford Heath with family and dog in tow to enjoy a much-needed slice of tranquillity.
Right to buy
Balls Wood Nature Reserve is 58 hectares in size and half of it has been managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust for more than 30 years. Now its owners, The Forestry Commission, has given the trust the opportunity to buy the whole wood and the 3.7 hectare adjacent Hobbyhorse Wood. But while the trust is keen to purchase the land to secure its future for wildlife and visitors, it needs to raise the funds to do so. The bad news is that if it cannot raise the necessary 420,000 by the end of March - plus 280,000 for its ongoing upkeep - there is a possibility the wood could be bought by someone else, be broken up and its future would then be uncertain.
A beautiful place
Just one visit to the woods and it is clear to see why they would want to preserve this beautiful area. There are no marked routes - although this is the long term plan for the trust - but it is easy to find clearly defined paths that are easy to follow off the main rides and head round the woods in a circular route. A large number of small plank bridges have been built over the top of the small streams and ditches that crisscross the woodland, making access very easy.
Work in progress
Some bits of the wood are quite dense which is where most work is still needed but other parts are quite open. In the last five years the trust has re-introduced coppice management along the woodland rides in the northern section and everywhere you look it is clear to see work is very much in progress. It is also easy to spot some of the nesting boxes which have been affixed to trees and, in many cases, painted bright blue. Even in January you can clearly hear the birds twittering and there is obviously plenty of other wildlife lurking, as the evidence of an eager dog straining on his lead shows.
Trust needs you
The trust urgently needs to raise the money to purchase Balls Wood and Hobbyhorse Wood and wants to hear from you. Balls Wood Nature Reserve is a wildlife-packed woodland which has been in existence for hundreds of years and it is particularly noted for its butterfly populations. It provides a great setting for a family walk and the chance to get closer to nature so the trust desperately needs to secure its future for wildlife. If it doesn't, the wonderful things that live there may be lost forever.
Wildlife to see there
Hidden within the woods and glades are numerous ponds supporting dragonflies and damselflies, frogs and water beetles, among others.
A great variety of woodland bird species - including nuthatch, great spotted woodpecker, cuckoo, bull finch, tawny owl and sparrowhawk - thrive at Balls Wood. In winter, flocks of tits move through the trees foraging for seeds and insect life.
Balls Wood is home to more than 20 species of butterfly, including white admiral, ringlet, purple hairstreak, comma and brimstone.
The purple emperor was spotted here again in July 2006 for the first time in more than 20 years.
All three species of British newt - smooth, palmate and great crested - can be found in Balls Wood's ponds and wet areas.
How to get there
On the A414 from Hertford to Great Amwell, take the B1197 to Hertford Heath village. Turn right just after the College Arms pub into The Roundings. There is limited parking along this road so parking in the village is advised. Once parked, follow the lane to the end and take the right hand track, marked Elbow Lane, where the entrance to Balls Wood will appear on your left. The walk to Balls Wood is approx 10 mins from the pub. The nearest bus stop is in Hertford Heath village and the nearest train station is in Hertford.


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Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Time: November 15, 2011 from 10am to 3pm
Location: Sotheby's London
Street: 34-35 New Bond Street
City/Town: London
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Phone: 44 (0)20 7293 5301
Event Type: auction
Organized By: Richard Fattorini
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Sotheby's is delighted to announce the exciting discovery of over 220 photographs by the British photographer Linnaeus Tripe of India and Burma taken in the mid-1850s including 42 photographs of which no other prints are recorded, and five previously unknown photographs by Tripe.
These photographs were presented by the photographer to the Governor-General of India, the 1st Marquess of Dalhousie and have come by descent to the present owner.
The sale also includes early photographs of Siam by Francis Chit, Japan by Felice Beato, Egypt and the Soudan by Pierre Trémaux, Hong Kong by Floyd, Mecca and Medina by Snouck Hurgronje, Africa by James Chapman together with other topographical photographs including Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Goa, Constantinople, Venice and the Holy Land.
Exhibition: London: 11, 13 and 14 November
Auction in London: 15 November 2011
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The year 2019 was great in terms of analytics adoption as the domestic analytics industry witnessed a significant growth this year. There has been a visible shift towards intelligent automation, AI and machine learning that is changing the face of all major sectors — right from new policies by the Indian Government, to micro-adoption by startups and SMEs.
While customer acquisition, investment in enterprise-grade data infrastructure, personalised products were some of the trends from 2018, this year our industry interaction suggested that democratisation of AI, AI push into hardware and software are much talked about.
Our annual data science and AI trends report for the upcoming year 2020 aims at exploring the key strategic shifts that enterprises are most likely to make in the coming year to stay relevant and intelligent. This year we collaborated with AnalytixLabs, a leading Applied AI & Data Science training institute to bring out the key trends.


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Privacy Mode is now enabled by default
Last year, MetaMask introduced Privacy Mode, an ecosystem-wide standard to improve user privacy on Ethereum. Rather than exposing users' Ethereum addresses to all sites, Privacy Mode (detailed in EIP 1102) requires that websites ask for user consent before wallets reveal an address.
Privacy Mode has been enabled by default for new users for the past several months, and available as an opt-in setting for existing users. In MetaMask v7.0, we're making Privacy Mode the default for every MetaMask user. We believe this is an important step for the usability and privacy of users in the Ethereum ecosystem. This update will be rolling out gradually over the next week.
What this means for users
Many MetaMask users are familiar with the "Connect" screen, where sites ask for your address. Users will continue to see this confirmation screen when interacting with a new application.
Thousands of dapps have updated to support EIP 1102. However, there are some projects out there that aren't currently maintained or haven't adopted the new standard.
If you're having trouble connecting to a dapp, pop open MetaMask from your toolbar and you'll see an option to manually share your address with the current site.
As always, Privacy Mode can be turned on and off via your settings. If you have questions, please reach out to firstname.lastname@example.com.
What this means for developer users
If your dapp doesn't support EIP 1102, you're long overdue to update and stay in step with the ecosystem. Your UX and your users' privacy is at stake! Follow this guide and feel free to reach out on Github or Twitter with questions.


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FDA Favors Big Tobacco, Small Firms Say
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) – Three small tobacco companies say a new FDA regulation favors Big Tobacco by imposing "Draconian restrictions" on commercial speech that could drive small tobacco companies out of business. The regulation bars use of cigarette brands that share a name with non-tobacco products.
Small companies, such as plaintiff Renegade Tobacco, will not be able to keep selling its "Tucson" brand cigarettes, because Hyundai uses the term for cars, according to the federal complaint.
But Big Tobacco companies already have cemented rights to their products, such as Marlboro and Camel, and so will not be affected.
Renegade Tobacco, Alternative Brands, and Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco say the Product Name Restriction regulation will restrict "the ability of cigarette manufacturers to engage in commercial speech using their federally registered trademarks, including brand names that have been in use for years."
The regulation will impose civil and criminal penalties on manufacturers who sell cigarette brands that share a brand name with non-tobacco products – and in some instances these manufacturers could face jail time, according to the complaint.
Big Tobacco protected from the new restrictions because the FDA provides immunity for brand names that were in effect on Jan. 1, 1995, so long as there were no non-tobacco companies using the same name.
This immunity protects most of Big Tobacco's major brands, the plaintiffs say.
"The practical effect of this regulation will be to unfairly drive the relatively new, small cigarette manufacturers out of business by banning the use of their established brand names, while protecting the big tobacco companies that have long dominated – and that continue to dominate – the cigarette market in the United States," according to the complaint.
The regulation is to take effect on June 22.
The plaintiffs sued the FDA and Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, seeking an injunction preventing enforcement of the regulation. They also want a declaration that the regulation violates due process and the First Amendment.
The companies are represented by William Hurd with Troutman Sanders.


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I am Anne Frank
25th Apr 2018 - 26th Apr 2018
Time: 8pm
Venue: Stack Theatre, CIT Cork School of Music
I Am Anne Frank
A celebration of the life of Anne Frank in word, music and song performed by The CIT Cork School of Music Youth Theatre
Adapted for the stage and directed by Peadar Donohoe (The Shakespeare Sessions, Bullying Prevention Session, Choices)
Dates: April 25 and 26 @ 8pm each night
Venue: Stack Theatre, CIT Cork School of Music, Union Quay
Tickets: 15/10 concession
Available at events.cit.ie
An all-female cast perform selections from The Diary of Anne Frank. Each young woman interprets Anne in her own way as the ensemble connects with the timeless themes of rebellion, the inward versus the outward self and the search for meaning.
Anne Frank's story is remarkable, both historically and as an example of an emerging young writer's personal experience. It is the coming together of these two – the individual experience and the universal – that gives Anne's story its power. The trials and tribulations of growing up still resonate with teens today and, at the same time, it stands as powerful testament to the horrors of the Holocaust.


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Anyone charged with aggravated assault should seek a competent, dedicated, and results-driven aggravated assault defense attorney immediately. Proudly serving the Scranton, Clarks Summit and Northeastern Pennsylvania communities, Bill Peters of the Peters Law Firm has the experience to build a solid aggravated defense for you.
The FBI defines aggravated assault as "…an unlawful attack by one person upon another to inflict severe or aggravated bodily injury." The FBI further states that "[aggravated assault] is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by other means likely to produce death or great bodily harm."
The FBI also presents statistics regarding aggravated assault: "In 2014, there were an estimated 741,291 aggravated assaults in the nation. The estimated number of aggravated assaults increased by 2.0 percent when compared with the 2013 estimate, and decreased 14.0 percent when compared with the 2005 estimate." The FBI further adds that: "Of the aggravated assault offenses in 2014 for which law enforcement provided expanded data, 26.9 percent were committed with personal weapons, such as hands, fists, or feet. Firearms were used in 22.5 percent of aggravated assaults, and knives or cutting instruments were used in 18.8 percent. Other weapons were used in 31.9 percent of aggravated assaults."
Since aggravated assault is a crime of violence, the penalties and consequences surrounding an aggravated assault conviction range from jail time to a substantial prison sentence. Other consequences of an aggravated assault conviction include fines, restitution, and court-ordered community service.
When you or someone you know is accused of or is under investigation for aggravated assault, it's paramount that you seek sound legal representation. Bill Peters has the tenaciousness, diligence, and expertise to prepare a strong aggravated assault defense for you while working to fight for your rights and interests.
Peters is a graduate from the University of Scranton with a bachelor's degree in both political science and history. He went on and received his Juris Doctor degree from Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware. A lawyer with a reputation for results and excellence, Peters is a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He was also named by the National Trial Lawyers as a "2016 Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorney". Bill Peters has a sound knowledge base of the criminal justice laws as they pertain to the state of Pennsylvania.
When you work with Peters on your aggravated assault case, you will be treated with respect, and communication with you will remain constant. You'll stay abreast of the happenings of your case and each action that Peters takes and makes with your case will be explained to you.
Peters specializes in helping clients with violent accusations and charges. Whether it's through a robust self-defense argument for an acquittal of your case or another strategy, Peters will relentlessly fight for your freedom, ensuring the best possible income for you. So, contact Bill Peters and the Peters Law Firm for your aggravated assault defense today!
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The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
~ John E. Southard
Thanks Ben for showing me this video, cracks me up!
I didn't have enough time for the split jerks at the gym yesterday, so I knocked 'em out today.
split jerk
10 minute AMRAP
15 in & outs
9 burpees
6 rounds + 12 in & outs
Did the first round of in & outs "no-touch" (without my feet touching the ground), went standard after that. Good stuff. My shoulders, arms, and core were on fire!
Have a great weekend y'all! Peace.
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When Daphne was weighed at the doctors office today she weighed 15 1/2 pounds (she will be 9 months this week)! I seriously thought she would be close to 17 or maybe even 18 pounds! She is actually smaller than Norah was at 9 months by about 1 1/2 pound and Lucy by 2 1/2 pounds. Hmmm. We go next week for her 9 month check - I'll be curious to see if the doctor has anything to say about her weight!!
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Fabulous, dribble bibs, legwarmers, changing bags at affordable prices.Messy Chops retails fantabulous baby products. Including: dribblebibs, legwarmers, occasion bibs, soft shoes and lots of other cute thingamajigs. Description Bandana Bibs are funky, stylish & practical, making them perfect for your little dribblers! The bibs are made using top quality soft cotton fabric and lined with a super soft fleece backing to protect your babies clothes from dribble, milk & food. This reduces the number of outfit changes needed during the day. Bibs are available in a large variety of funky designs and colours, so you will always be able to find a bib to match your little one's outfit
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Vampire Shift (Kiera Hudson Series One #1)
Author: Tim O'Rourke
Updated time: 05-04-2020
Category: Fantasy
Series: Kiera Hudson Series One
Status: Full
Vampire Shift (Kiera Hudson Series One #1)
When twenty-year-old police recruit Kiera Hudson is posted to the remote town of The Ragged Cove, her life is changed forever. Investigating a series of horrific murders, grave desecrations and missing persons, with her unique ability of 'seeing', Kiera soon realises her life is in danger. But when Kiera is crewed with Police officer Luke Bishop, not only is her mind and heart opened to a terrifying new world, she comes to suspect that Luke might be involved in the killings.


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INDIA: The Wabtec India Engineering & Technology Centre was inaugurated on December 12.
The company is investing US$5m in the facility, which will occupy five floors of a building on the ITC Green Campus in Bangalore.
This will house engineering teams from across the company's digital electronics portfolio, with the current staff of 600 expected to grow to more than 1 000 by the end of 2020.
'This region provides the right talent pool for us to support the growth of our India operations', said Gopalakrishna Madabhushi, Wabtec's Global Director, Globalisation. 'We will be hiring 250 engineers to work on our railway and digital platforms.'
The site will have laboratories working on distributed power, Positive Train Control, Trip Optimizer, electronic air brake, signalling, EdgeLINC and many other products from across Wabtec's portofolio.
'Our engineering team in India has been essential to bringing breakthrough technologies to the industries we serve', said Global Chief Technology Officer Dominique Malenfant. 'This new design and development centre will increase our capabilities in additive technology and testing. It also establishes a collaborative environment for the India team to drive innovation along with our development hubs in Europe and the USA.'


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VERNON - Stage 1 water restrictions continue in Vernon as well as a Level 3 Drought for the region.
Greater Vernon Water will remain at stage 1 until the end of the irrigation season, according to a Regional District of North Okanagan release issued yesterday, Sept. 8.
Remaining at stage 1 water restrictions will also maintain the stream flows for fish in the Duteau Creek watershed. Readings taken Sept. 1 show the reservoirs slightly above stage 1 levels. Being above stage 1 is a favourable position going into the end of the irrigation season and it was possible because of the efforts of the Regional District of North Okanagan and residents to conserve water, according to the release.
The following five factors were used to determine the level of restrictions:
Current conservation efforts must be maintained because the forecast predicts minimal rain and warm temperatures are expected to continue. Also, there was a late start to the growing season so some crops may still need water.
Because water conservation efforts are still needed, watering restrictions will remain in place. Stage 1 the goal is to reduce water demand by 10 per cent to avoid moving into stage 2 restrictions, according to the release.
The following tips are waterwise ways to care for your yard:
Climate trends and customer water demands will be monitored by Greater Vernon Water to assess the water supply status. Updates will be reported to local media and on the Regional District of North Okanagan website.
To contact a reporter for this story, email Charlotte Helston or call 250-309-5230 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.
We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.


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Weather and Sailing Seminar 2018
Want to learn more about the powerful relationship between weather and sailing? Register for the Weather and Sailing seminar, in association with the RYA.
Weather Photographer of the Year
Take a look at the fantastic entries we have received for our Weather Photographer of the Year competition! Shortlisted images will be announced in the coming weeks.


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Daytona - All Love
- Artist: Daytona
- Track: All Love
- Producer: Harry Fraud
Though rideable waves are presumably pretty scarce in the Bronx, Daytona's been hard at work perfecting the art of hanging ten. Recently, the East Coast buzzmaker and Booth regular matriculated into beatsmith Harry Fraud's Surf School. To celebrate, he's linked up with his new boss to craft promo single All Love. In contrast to the smooth, blunted feel of many of Daytona's previous features, this cut is soulful and ebullient. Over Fraud's Chipmunked samples and frenetic, syncopated percussion, the artist encourages listeners to pay homage when they spot him on the street. This joint isn't part of a larger set, but we'll keep you posted on Daytona's plans as he settles into his new label home.


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Knowing the stories of our community helps make positive change
by Lauren Means | photo courtesy Jessica Christie
Religion is a tricky topic in the South. For some in the LGBT+ community, it can be even more challenging. There is an unwritten expectation that you go to church on Sunday, are baptized into your parent's religion, have a "church" wedding, and raise your kids in the church. So what happens when the institution you are brought up in tells you that you are broken? That you must repent? That you are something that needs to be prayed over and "fixed"?
"Bad theology kills and we need to do a lot of work in this arena to help folks dislodge from religious ideologies that don't support LGBT+ persons," said Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza — queer activist, Latinx scholar and public theologian. This was the assessment of the struggle we see often within the LGBT+ community in regards to aligning ones personal identity with their spiritual identity.
These thoughts and feelings are something Henderson-Espinoza has experienced first-hand. In an episode of their podcast "Sacred & Profane," they mentioned how they were "really scared" about coming out when they were in Chicago for seminary school. When asked about advice for individuals who are afraid or apprehensive about coming out and how they found their strength they said, "Find your people. That's the best advice I can give to folks. We have got to find our people to support our stories of who we are and who we are becoming."
Finding Your People
Through their variety of experience in many fields across the country, Henderson-Espinoza has found their people. They were born and raised in San Antonio, attended seminary school in Chicago where they also worked in the fields of domestic violence and sexual assault, completed a doctoral program in Denver, spent time teaching in Berkeley, and is a visiting scholar at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. They have seen religion in many forms across the US and had the opportunity to speak in a variety of forums with very diverse groups. "I have enjoyed everywhere I live," they explained, "and being a mixed-raced Latinx, I endeavor to find the people of color wherever I am living."
Henderson-Espinoza's experience in the South, however, echos others of minority groups, "[It] has been fine, for the most part. I've had interactions with police that have been fine and interactions where I've been asked if I'm a terrorist. My non-binary self has been assaulted in public and has been frightened because the culture of the South isn't always safe for my body. But, I love the South and for the most part, the South has embraced me."
Maybe this is why they were driven to be an activist. If you live these interactions, you are best equipped to fight for equality and help others along the way. "My favorite part of being an activist is listening to people's stories and building community and reaching for the horizon of collective liberation," says Henderson-Espinoza.
When Activism and Theology Meet
So what is activist theology? According to Henderson-Espinoza, "Activism helps make lasting, social change, and theology, when done well, is an open discourse concerning meaning and value in an ultimate sense." They add, "it texturizes theology in ways that might make necessary interventions for the sake of justice." By listening to people's stories, including our own, we are able to better know ourselves and help make positive changes in our society.
They know, as Spider-Man has taught us, with great power comes great responsibility. And it is not a responsibility taken lightly. Henderson-Espinoza frequently speaks out on situations of injustice and uses their faith and leadership to help mend fences and build bridges. They put their theology into action. This was very visible during the events in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017 when a white supremacist march erupted into violence. Henderson-Espinoza held public witness after the traumatizing event, encouraged leaders in Charlottesville to provide support, and even provided their own pastoral care to anyone who reached out needing support.
In addition to Charlottesville, they note the Occupy Movement and ICE protests were also moments in history that illustrated to them that "we must come together across lines of radical difference to create the kind of world we want to live in." Henderson-Espinoza also notes, "Being with real people during real moments of pain, lament, and a desire for change is the work of building a community of radical difference."
Current Affairs
Speaking with Dr. Henderson-Espinoza came during the time the United Methodist Church was making their official stance on affirming LGBT+ congregation members and leaders. "The UMC decision continues to ripple through our faith communities. It is unfortunate that the UMC does not affirm LGBT+ persons. I often think that it is this type of theology that creates trauma that takes a lifetime from which to heal," they said. This is the very topic that takes us back to LGBT+ people and the struggle to align identity with spirituality. "I attended two United Methodist divinity schools and am grateful for the ways that these institutions shaped me and formed me," said Dr. Henderson-Espinoza. They add, "I am saddened at the outcome and realize that in many ways, the work is just beginning for the UMC."
If we can learn anything from Dr. Henderson-Espinoza's journey, it is that it is possible to be true to yourself and that includes your spiritual self. "We must work against ideologies of hate and indifference to create real communities of justice that can create lasting change."
For more information on Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza and the documentary on their return to the South called The Front Porch, visit https://irobyn.com/.
To learn more about Activist Theology and their deeper discussion between the two, you can preorder their new book, Activist Theology published by Fortress Press, at fortresspress.com/activisttheology.


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The lovely Amala Paul has been in the limelight these days thanks to her latest release 'Thiruttu Payale 2' which finally hit screens today. The film grabbed plenty of attention prior to its release, courtesy its sensuous poster and the lovely lady's new avatar. Talking about the bold poster, she said that it was 'poetic' rather than sensuous. She added that 'Thiruttu Payale 2' has a terrific plot and wonderful director.
"When director Susi Ganeshan sent me the first look on WhatsApp, I actually liked it and felt it was poetic rather than sensuous. But the startling buzz it created was quite strange, and I started to receive a lot of responses. There is a specific reason for the way the poster looks, which you will discover after watching the film. Thiruttu Payale 2 has a great story, an unconventional cast and a great director who was also a teacher. I couldn't have asked for more," she added.
Besides this, she also spoke about her dislike for the social media and said that had she not been an actor she would never have joined the social media wagon.
"I would call myself a social media-phobic person. If not for this profession, I wouldn't have tried social media. But now I have no choice but to connect with my fans. I think I can spread positivity through my Instagram account. Twitter has become messy with all the ongoing arguments and debates. So I'm not very active on Twitter," she added.
Well, these are some strong words and prove that Amala truly lives life on her own terms. In case you did not know, 'Thiruttu Payale 2' is a sequel to 'Thiruttu Payale' and also features Bobby Simhaa in the lead,


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Celebration of Young Writers set
The After School Arts Program in Washington, which serves northwestern Connecticut, will hold its 11th annual Celebration of Young Writers June 4 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Ten student, ranging in ages 6 to 17, have been selected to be featured at the event at The Gunnery, 22 Kirby Road, in town.
Hollywood actor Jonathan Del Arco, best known as Dr. Morarles in the cable hit TV series "Major Crimes" on TNT that he originated in the critically-acclaimed "The Closer," will serve as host for the event.
For the past 20 years, Del Arco has been part of the television landscape with memorable appearances in countless television shows including "The Sopranos" and "The Wonder Years."
He also appeared in major films but he earned cult (and action figure) status among Star Trek fans worldwide with his portrayal of the lovable Hugh Borg on "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
Del Arco's work extends beyond his acting career. In 2013, he was given HRC's Visibility Award at their Gala for his activism and positive portrayal of the LGBT community in the media.
He has been the keynote speaker at diversity conferences and corporate pride events across the country sharing his stories of coming-out, being bullied and assimilating to America as a young immigrant.
He has worked for environmental causes, gay rights, state initiatives, anti-bullying campaigns, on four presidential races, and as a celebrity surrogate for President Obama in 2012.
For more information and tickets, visit www.asapct.org or call 860-868-0740.


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On Saturday, June 16th, Susan Voigt of the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society thanked Boy Scout Ryan Rivas for making the Stonehouse Elementary Courtyard his Eagle Scout project. Principal Melissa White, and Assistant Principal Noah Greene, were also on hand to personally thank Ryan for his efforts. The John Clayton Chapter provides the stewardship for this National Wildlife Federation Certified Schoolyard Habitat. Susan Voigt expressed the chapter's appreciation for the many hours Ryan spent completing his project's ambitious goals. His work included rebuilding the wooden raised- bed borders, replacing the wooden seats and backs on the benches, adding a new picnic table, and most impressively, replacing the wooden bridge that was the focal point point of the garden.
Renovation of the garden will be ongoing this summer. For more information on tours and scheduled workdays,please contact Sue Voigt: 804-966-8487, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said all political and economic capacities should be used to accelerate the growth of Tehran-Islamabad ties, in line with the two countries' interests.
Sharif made the statement in a meeting with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Islamabad on Thursday, IRNA reported.
Shamkhani arrived in Islamabad for an official two-day visit on Wednesday.
Describing the Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline and energy cooperation as "top priorities", Sharif expressed Pakistan's readiness to develop economic relations.
Pointing to the new atmosphere created by the nuclear deal reached by Iran and world major powers in Vienna last July, the Pakistani premier said Iran is able to play a substantial role in regional and international equations that helps create new avenues of cooperation.
"The growth of terrorism has made it a global threat. The Pakistani government is committed to fight the scourge, but believes that international moves are needed to deal with it effectively," Sharif said.
Shamkhani noted that the wide spectrum of shared political, security and economic interests such as Afghanistan's peace talks, confronting terrorism and extremism, security of borders and expansion of seaports in the Sea of Oman and Indian Ocean has contributed to a solid ground for mutual cooperation.
In bid to eliminate causes of insecurity in the region, Shamkhani said that unlike western countries, which seek to use terrorism as a tool to maintain their colonial domination, Iran uses all its capacity to address the underlying causes of terrorism and root out terrorists, incurring high costs for it.
The head of SNSC further said attempts to undermine border security devastates economic opportunities, stressing the need for increasing efforts against foreign-backed terrorist groups on the borders whose activities cause unwanted misunderstanding between the two countries.
Praising Pakistan's realistic approach in deciding not to enter the crisis in Yemen, Shamkhani said that some regional states have used military power to impose their will on neighbors, which resulted in regional instability and damaged the prospect of peaceful coexistence.
In a separate meeting with Sartaj Aziz, the adviser on foreign policy to the prime minister, on Wednesday, Shamkhani stressed the need to address poverty, lack of development and suppression of young people, which encourage some to join groups such as IS and other terrorist groups.
Aziz said the role of Iran and Pakistan in settling regional crises is vital, adding that to confront threats posed by terrorism, extremism and border insecurities, the framework of cooperation should be redefined.
In his last meeting, Shamkhani met Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday evening.
Shamkhani pointed to the recent security agreement signed by the two countries, saying that the implementation of the agreement and continuing consultations between the two countries' security officials is crucial to ensure border security.
Holding regular meetings of the joint working group on borders, conducting training courses and joint exercises for border guards and modernizing the online communications infrastructure are necessary for increasing coordination between the two countries' security forces.
Khan stressed the strong desire of his government to deal with the roots of insecurity in Pakistan, adding that intelligence cooperation among Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan against bandits, drug smugglers and terrorists is of high importance.


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- 21st May 2018
At Gloss Recruitment, we're committed to helping all of our candidates find the job that's right for them. Good communication skills and meeting key people in your industry helps candidates in their job search. So we put together a monthly list of useful networking events.
As a top employment agency in Leeds, we can attest to the power of networking. It's an excellent way of meet exciting new people and grows confidence plus expertise in your chosen career sector.
This month we've rounded up some of the best networking events that Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Halifax have to offer. Wherever you are in your career (or the country), we're sure there's a networking event worth visiting.
Creative Communities
As well as networking events, this month we'd like to highlight a new group we think is worth keeping an eye on.
Glug is an organisation that champions creative communities worldwide. Recent events have included speakers from the BBC, Getty Images and other prestigious professionals.
Glug has branches in both Manchester and Leeds, which have hosted talks on topics like graphic design and showcasing your business. Leeds professionals can look forward to an event on Thursday the 28th of June, which explores the ways creative practitioners shape their work environments.
There's no news yet on future Manchester events, but this is certainly one for professionals to follow in the future.
Sheffield Jobs Fair
Sheffield City Hall is hosting the Sheffield Jobs Fair from 10am to 2pm on Friday the 1st of June. It's the perfect choice for graduates to see what local businesses are looking for. It's also a great opportunity to get a broad idea of different needs across the Sheffield business world, but there's no guarantee how many creative recruiters will be attending.
Good practice for graduates to engage and speak to employers, but for creative recruitment jobs a dedicated recruiter like Gloss is a good option. The event is free to attend and it doesn't need any registration beforehand. Read more about it at the official Eventbrite page.
Manchester Digital Barbecue
June is the perfect time to kick back, relax and enjoy the summer weather. We're one employment agency in Leeds that can't wait to break out the sun cream and cold drinks! This event in Manchester is a great chance to do just that, in one of Manchester's most exciting venues.
Independent trade organisation Manchester Digital is hosting a networking event at the Black Dog Ballroom. It promises more than 200 attendees, some great food and plenty of chances to meet and greet. Bring your friends and take the time to chat with your fellow professionals. A valuable business connection may be closer than you think.
The venue itself is an excellent place to network and socialise. With a pool hall, roof terrace and karaoke machine, you're guaranteed an unforgettable networking event!
This event runs from 6pm to 11pm on Thursday the 21st of June, and booking is essential. For details, visit the official event page.
Creative Leeds Event
One thing we've learned as an employment agency in Leeds is that the way you present your work is just as important as the work itself. If you're a designer wondering how you can improve your presentation, this free event sounds perfect.
Taking place at The Studio on Whitehall Road, the Creative Leeds event gives you tips and tricks on making a good impression on your clients. It also delves into the technological side of things; learn how recent technologies like the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil can delight your clients, and how to take advantage of new features in Adobe Creative Cloud!
This event runs from 12pm to 4pm on Thursday the 28th of June. Click here for details.
Last Friday Club
We close the month with this event by the Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. Taking place in Halifax the event runs from 12:30pm to 1:30pm on Friday the 29th of June, making it an excellent lunchtime engagement. The event is free to attend and the first drink is on the house. This is a great chance to meet and chat with local professionals from many different industries!
The Last Friday Club takes place in The Piece Hall, a beautiful Grade I listed building with a range of eating and shopping opportunities. This is a gorgeous venue for a networking opportunity, so make sure you capitalise on it if you're in the Halifax area. To read more about the event, visit the official event page.
Never miss a beat
This is just a small sample of the great networking events you can look forward to in June. And with Gloss Recruitment by your side, there are plenty of career opportunities to come.
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Can I Continue to Save in a 529 Plan While My Child is in College?
If you have an Invest529 account and your student is enrolled in college, don't walk away from the tax advantages of continuing to save! Any investment growth to your account is yours to use for qualified higher education expenses.


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This course teaches learners (industry professionals and students) the fundamental concepts of Distributed Programming in the context of Java 8. Distributed programming enables developers to use multiple nodes in a data center to increase throughput and/or reduce latency of selected applications. By the end of this course, you will learn how to use popular distributed programming frameworks for Java programs, including Hadoop, Spark, Sockets, Remote Method Invocation (RMI), Multicast Sockets, Kafka, Message Passing Interface (MPI), as well as different approaches to combine distribution with multithreading.
Rice University is consistently ranked among the top 20 universities in the U.S. and the top 100 in the world. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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Welcome to the Course!
Welcome to Distributed Programming in Java! This course is designed as a three-part series and covers a theme or body of knowledge through various video lectures, demonstrations, and coding projects.
In this module, we will learn about the MapReduce paradigm, and how it can be used to write distributed programs that analyze data represented as key-value pairs. A MapReduce program is defined via user-specified map and reduce functions, and we will learn how to write such programs in the Apache Hadoop and Spark projects. TheMapReduce paradigm can be used to express a wide range of parallel algorithms. One example that we will study is computation of the TermFrequency – Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) statistic used in document mining; this algorithm uses a fixed (non-iterative) number of map and reduce operations. Another MapReduce example that we will study is parallelization of the PageRank algorithm. This algorithm is an example of iterative MapReduce computations, and is also the focus of the mini-project associated with this module.
In this module, we will learn about client-server programming, and how distributed Java applications can communicate with each other using sockets. Since communication via sockets occurs at the level of bytes, we will learn how to serialize objects into bytes in the sender process and to deserialize bytes into objects in the receiver process. Sockets and serialization provide the necessary background for theFile Server mini-project associated with this module. We will also learn about Remote Method Invocation (RMI), which extends the notion of method invocation in a sequential program to a distributed programming setting. Likewise, we will learn about multicast sockets,which generalize the standard socket interface to enable a sender to send the same message to a specified set of receivers; this capability can be very useful for a number of applications, including news feeds,video conferencing, and multi-player games. Finally, we will learn about distributed publish-subscribe applications, and how they can be implemented using the Apache Kafka framework.
Talking to Two Sigma: Using it in the Field
Join Professor Vivek Sarkar as he talks with Two Sigma Managing Director, Jim Ward, and Senior Vice President, Dr. Eric Allen at their downtown Houston, Texas office about the importance of distributed programming.
In this module, we will learn how to write distributed applications in the Single Program Multiple Data (SPMD) model, specifically by using the Message Passing Interface (MPI) library. MPI processes can send and receive messages using primitives for point-to-point communication, which are different in structure and semantics from message-passing with sockets. We will also learn about the message ordering and deadlock properties of MPI programs. Non-blocking communications are an interesting extension of point-to-point communications, since they can be used to avoid delays due to blocking and to also avoid deadlock-related errors. Finally, we will study collective communication, which can involve multiple processes in a manner that is more powerful than multicast and publish-subscribe operations. The knowledge of MPI gained in this module will be put to practice in the mini-project associated with this module on implementing a distributed matrix multiplication program in MPI.
In this module, we will study the roles of processes and threads as basic building blocks of parallel, concurrent, and distributed Java programs. With this background, we will then learn how to implement multithreaded servers for increased responsiveness in distributed applications written using sockets, and apply this knowledge in the mini-project on implementing a parallel file server using both multithreading and sockets. An analogous approach can also be used to combine MPI and multithreading, so as to improve the performance of distributed MPI applications. Distributed actors serve as yet another example of combining distribution and multithreading. A notable property of the actor model is that the same high-level constructs can be used to communicate among actors running in the same process and among actors in different processes; the difference between the two cases depends on the application configuration, rather the application code. Finally, we will learn about the reactive programming model,and its suitability for implementing distributed service oriented architectures using asynchronous events.
Continue Your Journey with the Specialization "Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming in Java"
The next two videos will showcase the importance of learning about Parallel Programming and Concurrent Programming in Java. Professor Vivek Sarkar will speak with industry professionals at Two Sigma about how the topics of our other two courses are utilized in the field.
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It forced me to recall OpenMP and MPI. Thought it's already dead in favor to IMDG, spark, upc and so on. Practical tasks - miniprojects - was too easy to implement. Need more complex tasks.
Great course. The first programming assignment was challenging and well worth the time invested, I would recommend it for anyone that wants to learn parallel programming in Java.
The concepts taught were clear and precise which helped me with an ongoing project. It would have been really better if the mini-projects were a bit more complicated.
Very well structured and presented course! Very useful material with good relevant examples! Thank you, Prof. Sarkar for this Distributed Programming in Java course!
关于 Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming in Java 专项课程
Parallel, concurrent, and distributed programming underlies software in multiple domains, ranging from biomedical research to financial services. This specialization is intended for anyone with a basic knowledge of sequential programming in Java, who is motivated to learn how to write parallel, concurrent and distributed programs. Through a collection of three courses (which may be taken in any order or separately), you will learn foundational topics in Parallelism, Concurrency, and Distribution. These courses will prepare you for multithreaded and distributed programming for a wide range of computer platforms, from mobile devices to cloud computing servers.
- 课程可能不提供旁听选项。您可以尝试免费试用,也可以申请助学金。
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Is financial aid available?
是的,Coursera 可以为无法承担费用的学生提供助学金。通过点击左侧"注册"按钮下的"助学金"链接可以申请助学金。您可以根据屏幕提示完成申请,申请获批后会收到通知。您需要针对专项课程中的每一门课程完成上述步骤,包括毕业项目。了解更多。
Do I need to buy a textbook?
No. The lecture videos, demonstrations and quizzes will be sufficient to enable you to complete this course. Students who enroll in the course and are interesting in receiving a certificate will also have access to a supplemental coursebook with additional technical details.
How does the Multicore Programming in Java: Parallelism course relate to the Multicore Programming in Java: Concurrency course?
Multicore Programming in Java: Parallelism and Multicore Programming in Java: Concurrency cover complementary aspects of multicore programming, and can be taken in any order. The Parallelism course covers the fundamentals of using parallelism to make applications run faster by using multiple processors at the same time. The Concurrency course covers the fundamentals of how parallel tasks and threads correctly mediate concurrent use of shared resources such as shared objects, network resources, and file systems.
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Liverpool vs Manchester City hit with bomb scare, after anti-terror police swoop to tear down statue outside Anfield
Police arrived around 9am on Sunday, fearing a statue of Virgil van Dijk, erected by bookies Paddy Power, may be dangerous
LIVERPOOL'S game with Manchester City has been hit with a bomb scare, after police swooped to tear down a suspicious statue outside Anfield.
Anti-terror police arrived around 9am on Sunday, fearing a statue of Virgil van Dijk, erected by Paddy Power, may be dangerous, according to the Express.
The bookies had put up the 30ft statue in a good-natured dig at the £75m defender being "worth his weight in gold".
Dutch defender Van Dijk, 25, scored on his Liverpool debut, nodding home the winner in a 2-1 FA Cup victory over Merseyside rivals Everton.
However, as workers put-up the statue at 4.30am in Liverpool, police arrived demanding to see "safety work".
Despite showing the required documents, police still feared a BOMB may have been concealed within the statue.
Four police cars arrived and ordered the immediate destruction of the golden artwork.
A source on the scene is quoted as saying: "The only thing it threatens is Liverpool fans' sense of humour.
NO MESSI Pep Guardiola laughs off comparisons between Mohamed Salah and Lionel Messi ahead of Liverpool vs Man City
"The one danger was after seeing his statue, Van Dijk might defend like a statue.
"It was a harmless stunt and it actually looked quite impressive.
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"The whole thing must have cost a bomb!"
Meanwhile, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been hit with some bad news, as it was revealed Van Dijk will miss the game through injury.
The Dutchman has a tight hamstring and will not be risked in the game against Premier League-leaders Man City.


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Lady Phoebe, or 'the Lady of secrets' is the mother of all creation in the gaming world of ELEMENT, known as Urutau as told in the Age of Creation.
Initiate of Lady Phoebe:
Some individuals in the ELEMENT world look beyond the obvious and aim their targets higher, dedicating themselves to the vision and appetite of Lady Phoebe herself.
Initiation requires that an existing member with access to this spell list invoke Lady Phoebe herself on behalf of the player wishing to become an Initiate. The player must then be prepared to sacrifice fifty experience points to Lady Phoebe before they may then begin to learn the spells from this list. Once the player is accepted by Lady Phoebe, the player may then learn the list as per the standard costs.
Level One: Create Shadow: The player may, with a simple incantation, create impenetrable Shadow, with the caster as the epicentre of the spell. The shadow covers a 10 meter radius.
Level Two: Blessed Defence of Lady Phoebe: An advanced version of the 'Aura of Lady Phobe'.
The Blessed Defence of Lady Phoebe temporarily grants the target +5 Levels to Stealth and for the duration of the spell, the target is immune to mundane 'Singles', 'Doubles' and 'Triples'. The spell ends the next time Lord Helios rises in the sky.
Additional levels of Stealth gained through this spell above level five provide the target of this spell with one additional attack per one additional level above five. For example, the bonus, if it takes a player to level seven Stealth, would get three free attacks against one target instead of the standard one as listed with the level five 'Stealth' skill.
Level Three: Lunacy of Phoebe: The caster may turn one target completely insane until Lord Helios next rises in the sky.
Level Four: Summon Lady Phoebe: This is a Ritual and not a spell. The ritual requires twenty minutes of roleplay and the player must spend either a Fate Point or Ten experience points during the course of the ritual for it to have a chance working. If succesful, the player summons the consciousness of Lady Phoebe with which they may communicate with for a brief period of time (Referee discretion). Lady Phoebe answers questions directly and is often enigmatic, unless she may cause mischief by the answers she provides. If Lady Phoebe does not answer, which may well happen, the Fate Point or Experience points are returned to the player.
Level Five: Attack of Lady Phoebe: The caster may make a magical strike invoking the direct power of Lady Phoebe. The spell goes 'Through' all mundane and enchanted armour to do a 'Fatal' strike to the target, killing the target immediately.


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The Bob Dylan Story, a celebration of the music of the recent Nobel award winner, tours the region in early June, including a date in Durham
The story starts with JFK's inauguration and returns almost full circle to his assassination via all of Dylan's big hits, including Blowing In The Wind, The Times They Are A-Changin, Mr Tambourine Man, Like A Rolling Stone, Knocking On Heaven's Door and Lay Lady Lay to name but a few. The show also uses visual projections evoking the 1960s, bringing to life the major world events and social upheaval of that momentous decade.
What can the audience expect when they see the show?
A show which is both poignant and rocking in equal measure, performed by genuine Dylan fans who take pride and pleasure in reproducing the songs exactly the way people remember hearing them. Think of a Dylan concert in his full mid-sixties pomp and prime, throw in some carefully chosen visual projections to set the scene, a few stories about Dylan's life and songs, and you're getting very warm!
How did the idea for the show come about?
It's a no brainer really – I have always been a fan and really it was just waiting for the right time. And although there have been other Dylan tributes, I felt it needed a proper theatre show to really do it justice. In terms of the show's currency and appeal, the Nobel Prize award is the icing on the cake!
When did you start being a fan of Bob Dylan's music?
My dad had The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan on vinyl when I was a kid and I fell in love with it. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, which we do in the show, is the one that really sticks out for me from that album – it seems to be a fan favourite. I also remember hearing Positively 4th Street and Like A Rolling Stone back to back on the radio when I was a teenager and the sound of those records just blew me away.
What is your favourite Bob Dylan song to perform?
Well we do about 25 in the show and they're all a joy to perform in their own way, but I guess it would be either Quinn The Eskimo, which was of course a massive hit for Manfred Mann, or Rainy Day Women Nos. 12&35, simply because the band just have so much fun with them, as do the audience!
What do you make of the Nobel Prize award?
Well it was a surprising choice on the face of it, but he's certainly earned it considering his contribution to popular culture over the last half century; people will say "but it's not literature", yet I challenge anyone to read the lyrics to songs like Tangled Up In Blue, Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall, Like A Rolling Stone, Subterranean Homesick Blues and then tell me the guy's not a poet.
Which song do you think the audience will react to the most?
Well I guess that will depend on their own preferences, but there are some very poignant moments in the show – we know A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall has reduced some to tears, not least because of the accompanying visual imagery and the continuing relevance of its message; Knocking On Heaven's Door and Forever Young are particularly emotional moments too.
What will the audience take from the show?
We hope people leave with a nostalgia-infused warmth, a renewed appreciation of Dylan's music, and an eagerness to tell their friends what a great time they had.
Why is Bob Dylan such a legend?
He is an absolute legend, and actually has written many songs that might cause even non-Dylan fans to question their judgement! Mr Tambourine Man (The Byrds), Make You Feel My Love (Adele) and All Along The Watchtower (Hendrix) are three examples that spring immediately to mind and are all performed in the show. And ultimately, I think he gave people licence to demand more from their music experience than a lightweight "boy meets girl" ditty at a time when that was the norm.
What are the trickiest things about performing Dylan's music?
For me, committing all the lyrics to memory so they can just flow out without me even thinking about it. As for the band, it's been about reproducing the sounds and notes as authentically as possible so that the audience hears the songs the way they remember them. But they've done a fantastic job. They're all brilliant musicians as well as being fans of the music and this show is lucky to have them.
- The Bob Dylan Story, Durham Gala, Friday, June 9, 7.30pm. Call the box office on 03000 266 600 or book online at www.durhamgala.co.uk. The production is also at Alnwick Playhouse on June 10 and Scarborough Spa Pavilion on June 11


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