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Women are Courteous to Strangers
Women are Mirthsome
Women are Tender to Her offspring
Women are Timid
Women As Pastors
Women Baptizing
Women Cutting Their Hair
Women in Business
Women in Chorus
Women in Ministry
Women Long Hair
Women of Backsliding
Women of Evil People
Women of Saints
Women of the Body (Ekklesia) of Christ
Women Pastors
Women Preachers
Women Teachers
Women was a Doorkeeper
Women Working
Women: A Persian Queen Sat on a Throne Beside Her King
Women: Active in Instigating to Iniquity
Women: Anna
Women: As Poets: Deborah
Women: As Poets: Elisabeth
Women: As Poets: Hannah
Women: As Poets: Mary
Women: As Poets: Miriam
Women: As Prophets: Anna
Women: As Prophets: Deborah
Women: As Prophets: Huldah
Women: As Prophets: Miriam
Women: As Prophets: Noadiah
Women: As Prophets: Philip's Four Unmarried Daughters
Women: As Rulers
Women: Athaliah
Women: Athaliah, in Destroying the Royal Household and Usurping the Throne
Women: Bath-Sheba, in Her Adultery, in Becoming the Wife of Her Husband's Murderer
Women: Consecrated Jewels to Tabernacle
Women: Converted by Preaching of Paul
Women: Cooked
Women: Could not Marry Without the Consent of Parents
Women: Creation of
Women: Deborah
Women: Deborah, a Judge, Prophetess, and Military Leader
Women: Delilah, in Her Conspiracy Against Samson
Women: Difference in Ceremonies Made Between Male and Female Children
Women: Dinah, in Her Fornication
Women: Domestic Duties of
Women: Dorcas (Tabitha)
Women: Elisabeth
Women: Embroidered
Women: Esther
Women: Eve, in Yielding to Temptation and Seducing Her Husband
Women: Fall of, and Curse Upon
Women: False Prophets
Women: First at the Gravesite
Women: First to Sin
Women: First to Whom the Risen Lord Appeared
Women: Fond of Ornaments
Women: Fond of Self-Indulgence
Women: Forbidden to Wear Men's Costume
Women: Gleaned
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Women: Guilty of Sodomy
Women: had Separate Apartments in Dwellings
Women: Haman's Wife, in Advising Him to Hang Mordecai
Women: Hannah, the Mother of Samuel
Women: Help in Defensive Operations
Women: Herodias, in Her Incestuous Marriage With Herod Antipas
Women: Herodius, by Indirectly Causing John the Baptist to be Decapitated
Women: Jezebel, in Her Conspiracy Against Naboth, to Cheat Him out of his Vineyard
Women: Jezebel, in Her Evil Counsels To, and Influence Over, Ahab
Women: Jezebel, in Her Persecution and Destruction of the Prophets of the Lord
Women: Jezebel, in Her Persecution of Elijah
Women: Job's Wife, in Suggesting to Him That he Curse God and Die
Women: Julia
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Women: Last at the Cross
Women: Leah, in Her Imitation of Rachel in the Matter of Children
Women: Lois and Eunice
Women: Lot's Wife, in Her Rebellion Against Her Situation, and Against the Destruction of Sodom
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Women: Made Garments
Women: Mary
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Women: Mary Magdalene
Women: Michal, in Her Derision of David's Religious Zeal
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Women: Not to be Given in Marriage Was Considered a Calamity
Women: Ornaments of
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Women: Patriotic: Miriam
Women: Patriotic: The Women of Israel
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Women: Peninnah, the Wife of Elkanah, in Her Jealous Taunting of Hannah
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Women: Potiphar's Wife, in Her Lascivious Lust and Slander Against Joseph
Women: Priscilla (Prisca)
Women: Promise To
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Women: Property Rights of To Sell Real Estate
Women: Punishment for Seducing, when not Betrothed
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Women: Purifications of After Childbirth
Women: Purifications of After Menstruation
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Women: Queen of Sheba
Women: Rachel, in Her Jealousy of Leah
Women: Rachel, in Stealing Images
Women: Rahab, in Her Harlotry
Women: Rebekah, in Her Partiality for Jacob, and Her Sharp Practice to Secure for Him Isaac's Blessing
Women: Religious Privileges of, Among Early Christians
Women: Required to Attend to the Reading of the Law of Moses
Women: Rules for Dress of Christian
Women: Ruth
Women: Sapphira, in Her Blasphemous Falsehood
Women: Sarah, in Her Jealousy and Malice Toward Hagar
Women: Silly, and Easily Led Into Error
Women: Social Status of in Persia
Women: Social Status of in Roman Customs
Women: Sold for Husband's Debts
Women: Solomon's Wives, in Their Idolatrous and Wicked Influence Over Solomon
Women: Spun
Women: Subtle and Deceitful
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Women: Taken Captive
Women: Tamar, in Her Adultery
Women: Tended Flocks and Herds
Women: The Cannibalistic Mothers of Samaria
Women: The Daughter of Herodias, in Her Complicity With Her Mother in Securing the Death of John the Baptist
Women: The Daughters of Lot, in Their Incestuous Lust
Women: The Midianite Woman in the Camp of Israel, Taken in Adultery
Women: The Philippian Christians
Women: The Shunammite Woman, Who Gave Hospitality to Elisha
Women: The Sodomites of the Southern Kingdom (Judah)
Women: The Widow Who Put Her Two Mite (Small Coins, Greek: Leptas) Into the Treasury
Women: The Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery and Brought to Jesus in the Temple
Women: Took Part in Ancient Worship
Women: Treated With Cruelty in War
Women: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
Women: Vashti
Women: Veiled the Face
Women: Virtuous, Held in High Estimation
Women: Vows of
Women: Weaker than Men
Women: when Jealously Charged With Infidelity, Their Guilt or Innocence Was to be Determined by an Ordeal
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Women: Wicked: Commits Forgery
Women: Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness
Women: Wicked: Silly and Wayward
Women: Wicked: Zeal of, in Licentious Practices of Idolatry
Women: Widow of Zarephath, Who Fed Elijah During the Famine
Women: Wore Hair Long
Women: Worked in Fields
Women: Worshiped in Separate Compartments
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Okay I totally cheated with this one and used a pre-made Pillsbury pie crust. So sue me. I am a big fan of lemon meringue and when I decided to make one I got this brilliant idea. Why not make it a LIME meringue pie? Why not? I love lime even better than lemon and what could be better?
The result? Not quite as creamy as a key lime pie but light like lemon meringue. The best of both and fresh and great for summer. You can always use your grandmother's famous pie crust recipe or buy a frozen one, here's the recipe for the filling and when it comes to the meringue more is always better.
6 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoons sugar
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
2 drops of green food coloring
1 1/2 cups boiling water
3 tablespoons butter
3 egg yolks
for meringue:
6 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
pinch of salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a saucepan combine the first three things then gradually stir in the cold water and lime juice then the boiling water. Place over a medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly to prevent lumps. Cook until thick, about five minutes. Remove from the heat, add the butter and stir until it melts. Beat the egg yolks in a small bowl and add a quarter cup of the hot mix to the yolks, stirring to combine. Then return the whole thing to the pan and cook until thick about one minute longer. Let cool for 15 minutes and pour into a cooked pie shell.
For the meringue, whip the egg whites over a pan of simmering water until warm to the touch and beat until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and the salt and continue beating until the whites form soft peaks. Add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla and continue beating until stiff, glossy peaks form. Spread the meringue over the filling, sealing the meringue carefully to the edge of the shell to prevent shrinking. Bake until browned, at 350 for about 10 minutes. Don't refrigerate.
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11th August 2017, 22:39 | super8
Castleford did not look back from Zak Hardaker's first-half brace of tries as the Tigers all but secured the League Leaders' Shield with a 23-4 victory over Salford Red Devils.
Hardaker went over underneath the posts in the seventh minute and the full-back touched down again after 26 minutes following some neat footwork past the Salford defence.
Luke Gale converted both scores to give the Betfred Super League leaders a 12-0 cushion at the interval, a lead that was reduced three minutes after the re-start when Manu Vatuvei grounded Todd Carney's grubber kick.
What a performance by the Lads! Outstanding Away support from the Fans once again! YTBz 🐯✊#COYF— Junior Moors (@Jnrmoors) August 11, 2017
Carney failed to add the extras, though, and Castleford increased their lead on the hour when Paul McShane burst over from dummy half, with Gale adding the two points.
Jy Hitchcox then delighted the travelling support at the AJ Bell Stadium in the 64th minute by racing clear to touch down in the left corner, a try that was awarded after confirmation from the video referee.
Gale missed the touchline conversion but he made certain of the victory five minutes from time by splitting the posts with a drop goal as Castleford went 10 points clear at the top of the Super 8s standings with five games of the season remaining.
#Super8s | #SLSalCas— Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) August 11, 2017
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STAPLETON, Neb. (KNOP) -- There are many excellent places for tourists to visit in Nebraska to witness the solar eclipse. However, Stapleton and the Logan County Fairgrounds are quickly becoming a popular destination for people to go to.
Jose Otero, his wife Esther Perez and their children are from Spain. They traveled to Stapleton to see the solar eclipse.
Otero and Perez first saw a total solar eclipse in 1999 in France. Since then, they have been looking forward to seeing another one. Now, they are excited to share the very special experience with their children.
They family is staying with Heather and Jess Harwager in Stapleton. Otero and Perez are grateful for their hospitality, and said they feel very comfortable in the United States.
"It's been a really great trip," Otero said with a big smile on his face. "Everything is going well. .... Everybody is so kind and we (know a lot) about American culture because of the movies and the books and the songs. We really feel comfortable here."
Otero and Perez said their plans for the solar eclipse are up in the air. They are not sure yet where they are going to watch it from.


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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 4 November 2011—OCLC has been honored with the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for its use of flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase business and employee success.
This prestigious award, part of the national When Work Works project, recognizes employers of all sizes and types across the United States.
"OCLC has been among the pioneers of workplace flexibility, telecommuting, part-time work options and compressed work weeks," said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. "This innovative approach has worked well for our staff, and for the OCLC cooperative as we strive to balance our work and life responsibilities. It is indeed an honor for OCLC to receive this prestigious award."
Workplace flexibility—such as flextime, part-time work and compressed workweeks—has been demonstrated to help businesses remain competitive while also benefiting employees.
"Our research consistently finds that employees in effective and flexible workplaces have greater engagement on the job and greater desire to stay with their organization. In addition, they report lower stress levels and better overall health," states Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute (FWI), a research think tank on workforce and workplace trends that administers the awards.
The Sloan Awards are unique for their rigorous, two-step selection process, which involves an evaluation of employers' flexibility programs and practices, and a confidential employee survey. All applicants are measured against national norms from FWI's National Study of Employers.
"As a recipient of the 2011 Sloan Award, OCLC ranks in the top 20 percent of employers nationally in terms of its programs, policies and culture for creating an effective and flexible workplace," states Galinsky. "In addition, what makes this honor so special is that their employees have corroborated this, affirming that it is indeed an effective and flexible workplace."
When Work Works is a national project to educate the business community on the value of workplace flexibility by sharing research and promising practices, and conducting the annual Sloan Awards. It is an ongoing initiative of Families and Work Institute first funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. In 2011, the Society for Human Resource Management and FWI formed a ground-breaking, multi-year partnership to grow When Work Works and help businesses become more successful by transforming the way they view and adopt effective and flexible workplaces.
For more information about the When Work Works project and the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility, visit www.whenworkworks.org.
About When Work Works
When Work Works is a leading national initiative to help businesses of all sizes and types become more successful by transforming the way they view and adopt effective and flexible workplaces. When Work Works is one of the foremost providers of rigorous research and employer best practices on workplace effectiveness and flexibility in the nation, and administers the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility annually, which recognize exemplary employers for using flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase business and employee success. www.whenworkworks.org
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.
OCLC, WorldCat and WorldCat.org are trademarks/service marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks/service marks of their respective owners.
Bob Murphy
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text: I think Barbie Dreamhouse Party might be the most sarcastic, darkly satirical game I've ever played. And I'm not even sure if I'm joking at this point. When a game with a name like that pops up on Steam, of course any red-blooded human games journalist is going to take a look, right? I was expecting a garish pink mess of dress-up minigames and saccharine terror, obviously, but Dreamhouse Party seems to take this into a whole other realm of creepy weirdness. This is a game in which a sentient closet-based AI locks four girls in a room (with giant metal barriers) because one of them smudged her make-up, and forces them to repeatedly apply lipstick and eyeliner to freakishly giant doll heads until he is satisfied. That's not my arch interpretation of events. That's what actually happens.


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Best/Worst Stadiums you've visited (stories appreciated)
Got the case of the Mondays. The children are going to be stampeding around the streets very soon around here, so I am getting fist ready to shake at them whilst yelling at them to get off of my lawn.
This was a thread awhile back ago. I'm talking 2-3 years ago on here when I was a non-member. Anyways, what is the best stadium you have been to and the worst stadium?
Would love to hear experiences, especially stories about bad ones since the last time we did this I got quite a laugh from some stories.
My best- Fenway Park. One of the true grand old houses of baseball left standing. They don't make them like that anymore and it was a throwback to Tiger Stadium.
Worst- BY FAR, spartan stadium. Went there in 2003 and 2007. Place is a dump, fans are assholes, upper deck felt like it was swaying at times. They can put up all the HD video screens they want. Just like you can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.
Honorable mention for best: Tiger Stadium (one of the last ones to leave the stadium when it closed. Very sad day for me. Remember crying as I was leaving for the final time).
Also I visited this piece of baseball history last weekend-
Hamtramck Stadium. Home of the Detroit Stars of the Negro League back in the 1930s. One of very few Negro League stadiums still surviving. Some great players played on that field like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Turkey Stearnes of the Stars.


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The money comes from CNHA's Discovery Pool, a grant program that has been operating since 2008, said CNHA Executive Director Cindy Hardgrave.
"We're excited to be able to do this," she said.
The CNHA board chose two projects by the Forest Service and one apiece by the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service for funding. Seven grant applications were received, Hardgrave said.
"Funding depends on how much money we have accumulated," Hardgrave said. "We try to keep a certain amount in reserve for the future."
This year's grant winners are:
• Forest Service, $11,873 to study distance and temperature effects on pika forage.
The study will focus on the small relative of the rabbit, which CNHA referred to as a "canary in the coal mine" in a news release. Researchers will try to determine how the pika and its many forage plant species respond to increasing temperatures due to global warming, according to the news release.
• Bureau of Land Management, $18,625 to document perishable artifacts at the Museum of the American Indian. The project will survey and photograph approximately 400 archaeological textiles, baskets, wooden implements, hides and other perishable artifacts collected during the 1890s, primarily from the Grand Gulch area in southeast Utah and other federal lands now managed by the BLM's Monitcello Field Office.
• National Park Service, $15,500 for phase two analysis of ceramic shard collections from Hovenweep National Monument. Basic analysis of approximately 2,500 additional shards in the collection will be completed, according to the news release.
• Forest Service, $12,779 for "Gardeners and Gatekeepers: Pueblo I Community Study II." The goal is to gain more field data from a selection of important Pueblo I period ancestral Puebloan sites within the Monticello Ranger District of the Manti-La Sal National Forest.
The project will help understand the chronology, social interaction, economy and settlement in the area, the news release said.
Money from sales of books and other items through the CNHA website and the association's annual auction goes toward the Discovery Pool, Hardgrave said. In addition, a percentage of money from the sale of items at CNHA stores at the Moab Information Center and the national parks in this region is given directly to agencies for various projects.
"We give back to our partners in the range of $500,000 per year," she said.


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It's no insignificant task, in either importance or volume: Taking historical records from a person's life and transitioning them into digital files.
It's no insignificant task, in either importance or volume: Taking historical records from a person's life and transitioning them into digital files.
But, Leavenworth resident Staci Packer takes on the responsibility with enthusiasm and purpose nonetheless.
She tells the Leavenworth Times more about indexing records from around the world in this Q5.
1. Staci, can you tell us what indexing is and how you and your husband got involved in it? How have your indexing goals increased since you both began this activity?
"There are billions of records in countries around the world that contain information on births, marriages, deaths, immigration, and other significant life events. In order to convert this information to digital, searchable records, people are needed to go through the records and type the names, dates and places listed and enter them into a searchable database. After records are indexed, that is extracted from copies of the original documents and entered into a database, they are made available on www.familysearch.org, a genealogical database provided worldwide for free by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). As more records are indexed, there are greater opportunities to learn more about these ancestors — who they are, where they lived, and what they did during their lives.
"Indexing consists of two steps: the actual indexing — extracting and typing in the information — and also a process called 'arbitration,' which helps to confirm the correctness of the information extracted. Each digital image is indexed by two random people. One or more images are combined into a batch and provided online for the indexer to work on. After the batch is completed by two indexers, a third random person — who is specially trained for the job of determining the correctness of what has been typed — then arbitrates the work done by the indexers. If the two indexers have different entries, the arbitrator determines which of the two entries is more correct. After the batch has been arbitrated, the images in the batch are published online and are searchable.
"My husband, Sterling, and I were challenged at a church conference to index 1,000 names during the 2014 year. It seemed like a lot of names, but we were ready for the challenge. Once we both got started, we discovered that 1,000 names wouldn't take us much time at all. I started out pretty strong. I indexed 1,800 names in the month of January. Quickly, I realized that if I could do 1,800 in one month I could really set a good goal for the year.
"My husband and I like to challenge each other. So, on Jan. 31, I set the goal to index 10,000 names for the year. Several times I had to set a new goal, then completed it and had to increase my goal again. I achieved the 10,000 mark by the end of April. My current goal is to index 25,000 names and to arbitrate 50,000 names by the end of the year — a total of 75,000 for the year. That is a pretty lofty goal, but I am going to make it. Sterling initially set a goal to index 5,000 names for the year. Then he realized that he could index 10,000 names by doing just 800 every month."
2. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, why is indexing important to church members?
"Since its inception in 1830, the church has made a priority of finding our ancestors and learning about their lives. The church has vast collections of records that have previously only been available by visiting one of the Family History Centers. There is a Family History Center at the LDS Church building on 10th and Limit in Leavenworth.
"We believe that the family is the most important organization on the earth. The indexing effort makes those records that are stored on microfilm and other media available to anyone anywhere with an Internet connection via the familysearch.org website. The information that is indexed helps us to more easily find our loved ones who have gone on before us, to link our families through generations back in time."
3. How challenging and daunting is it to sort through billions of records while you are indexing from countries around the world to find information about births, marriages, immigration and other significant life events? Is it sometimes hard to break away when you are indexing because the records are so fascinating?
"It isn't daunting at all. The indexing batches are broken up into small parts. Each batch is designed to take less than 30 minutes to complete, so that it isn't daunting. If a batch is too difficult to read or to decipher, I can simply return it for someone else to work on. I can choose the record type that I like and only do that type, if I choose to. The projects, where the records are from, are constantly rotating, but the type of records remain the same — obituary, census, marriage, death, birth, etc.
"The records are fascinating. I have one week to finish a batch once I have downloaded it.
"The great thing about indexing is that I can leave it and come back to it. Even though I am a busy mom, I can break away and come back and it will still be there waiting for me. There have been many batches that I have waited to turn in so I can show them to my husband because they are so fascinating. I love this work and know that the work I am doing will help others find their family members."
4. You have indexed census records and cemetery transcripts from Canada, marriage records from Jamaica, World War II draft registration cards from Georgia, death records from Iowa and Illinois, passenger lists from Massachusetts, obituaries from Kentucky, Idaho, Michigan, Ohio, and Utah, and many others. What are your favorite records to read and index? As a mother of six, how do you find the time for this service?
"My favorite records to index are obituaries. I love reading about people's lives and the things they have done to make their mark on the world. I really enjoy reading about these people, they are not just names. Most of the records tell a story of some kind or another about a birth, a death, or some event in their lives. It is fascinating to read about these people. I love that they are not just names, but stories of real people who lived and need to be remembered. Obituaries generally record only the good things people have done, ways they have improved their lives and the lives of those around them. This work isn't just data entry work, it is helping others find their loved ones and family members who have gone on before them. The work of indexing will help people put the pieces of the puzzle together that is their family history.
"My time is valuable. We have a busy house. I have realized that not only is indexing so much more valuable than time spent on Facebook or playing games on my phone, but also I am so much more fulfilled by doing it. I have removed all of the games off my phone and have decreased drastically the time I spend on Facebook, watching TV, and doing other non-meaningful things. I now use that time to index. Depending on my schedule, some days I only spend 5 or 10 minutes indexing and other days I can index for an hour or two. I try to do it every day — I do have a goal to reach. I still do other things; I haven't cut all other activities out of my life. I have a blog that I keep for our family; I am learning Spanish on my own; I love to do outdoor activities with our children; I love to do crafts with my daughters and spend time with my family."
5. What are the greatest benefits of the indexers' labor for people who don't know much about their ancestors? How has this activity enhanced your life? Can anyone volunteer to index and how can they get started?
"The benefit of indexing allows all of these records that are on microfiche or digital images to be put into a searchable database, so that the people in these records can be found. There are records for almost everyone who has ever lived, we just need to be able to find those records. Indexing makes those records accessible to those who are looking for their family members. One record can tell so much about a loved one and is so exciting to find when searching. Doing genealogy — searching for our ancestors who have passed on — is made so much easier by the work done by indexers.
"I discovered that indexing was a way of doing service for others that I could accomplish while being a stay-at-home mother of six kids. Serving helps each of us put our own trials aside and focus on others. Indexing and my faith in Jesus Christ helped me to handle some struggles our family was dealing with and helped me to keep a positive attitude through those trials. Indexing has enhanced my life for several reasons as setting goals and achieving them is fulfilling. Also, the knowledge that the work I am doing will help others is very satisfying.
"A great thing about indexing is that you do not need to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to participate. Anyone can log on to www.familysearch.org and get her own account to participate. Personal accounts allow participants to find their own ancestors and build their own family trees, as well as to participate in indexing. For me, it is well worth the time I spend on the website and I am so grateful that I can make a difference from my own home. If anyone would like to get started, I would be happy to help. Just contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I would be glad to get you going."


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By Kate Andrews
Are you planning to hit the doorbuster sales on Black Friday (or, as these events creep into Thanksgiving, Gray Thursday)? You may already have your game plan: dashing first to the electronics department, or maybe toward the toy section, depending on what you're after. We want you to take a minute and consider buying some necessities for a child who won't get a video game or an electric scooter for Christmas. She may be hoping for a mattress instead.
ChildFund International has its own gift guide for people in need around the world, with prices that can fit almost any budget. Plus, these gifts will make you — and others — feel good for much longer than a month. We've prepared some comparisons:
For $40, you can buy a Blu-ray player. Or for $35, you can purchase a "Mama Kit" for a pregnant woman in Uganda. This gift helps ensure that she will have a safer delivery with supplies that she can use during and after the birth of her child.
"Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" is the most popular video game in the country right now. It costs about $60. A mattress, which can keep two small siblings from sleeping on a dirt floor in Ethiopia or Uganda, costs $39. The bedding is made locally, so you're also helping the community's economy.
Some of you may buy a piece of jewelry, say, a pair of diamond stud earrings, which are about $200 on sale. Consider feeding 30 orphans for a week in India. Cost: $120.
Furby is back, and it's one of the most popular toys for this holiday season. These robotic plush toys are $60. For the same cost, you can purchase real animals that can help a family: six chickens for $58, or a pair of rabbits for $59. Children in Kenya raise the baby rabbits, which they sell. Often the money goes toward school supplies or other important needs.
Of course, you may be considering some high-ticket items. A tablet, perhaps, or a television? The newest version of the iPad costs about $500 on sale. A dairy cow costs $497, providing nourishment and income to a family in Ethiopia, the Philippines or Sri Lanka. A wheelchair for a child in Ethiopia costs $398.
A television can cost anywhere from $400 to $1,500 for a top-of-the-line LED TV with a 55-inch screen. Consider putting some money toward a hand pump that will provide water for an entire Indian village. Price tag: $1,429.
We at ChildFund want you to have a wonderful holiday season, with plenty of time with loved ones and good cheer. As you are giving thanks for your good fortune, we ask that you consider those who are in need. For more donation suggestions, please visit ChildFund's Gifts of Love & Hope online catalog.


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We don't just deliver beds to London in 2 working days we deliver throughout the entire south of England. Our contract beds are all manufactured in England to stringent specifications and we are proud to offer Hypnos contract source 5 beds to not only hotels but many private landlords, bed and breakfasts and members of the public who want that special contract bed.
Contract beds are not just for businesses or hotels, many customers wish to purchase a contract bed because they have slept on a particular model in a hotel for example and found it to be so comfortable that when they return home they pick up thephone and order one from us! Our range of Hypnos contract beds are all available for delivery in 2 working days.
Compulsory Contract Mattress and Contract Bed Regulations
In order to buy a mattress and / or bed for commercial use, the product must adhere to specific UK & EU fire regulatory standards.
The standards which need to be met for a contract bed product go beyond those found in beds & mattresses for domestic homes.
In order for a bed and / or mattress to qualify as a 'contract' product it must meet the 'medium standard' that has been specifically tested for:
• BS EN597-1 (Cigarette) • BS EN597-2 (Match) • CRIB 5 - BS6807
Products treated for the above will meet the BS7177: 1996 regulations (Crib 5). "Specification for resistance to ignition of mattresses, divans and bed bases'.
All products within our range of Contracts Beds on Bedsdirect.com meet these regulations as standard and can be recognised by our Crib 5 logo.
All of the following charities and businesses are recognised as requiring Crib 5 treated products and therefore must use 'contract' mattresses and / or beds as standard:
•Residential schools / Universities and Halls of Residence •Hostels •Bed and Breakfasts / Hotels and Guest Houses •Hospitals •Holiday Camps •Prisons
Government legislation dictates that it is an offence to use contract mattresses and contract beds that have not met BS7177 standards for commercial use. Failure to use a product that does not meet the minimum requirements could lead to prosecution in the event of a fire.
We recommend you consult your fire officer who will give you full details of any special requirements relating to crib 5, source 5 or contract bed requirements.


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NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- National Transportation Safety Board investigators arrived in New York Wednesday to begin their probe of a ferry crash that injured nearly 60 people.
NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt said investigators will seek to "gather perishable evidence" in the Wednesday crash of the Seastreak Wall Street ferry while docking in Lower Manhattan in New York.
"Tomorrow will be the first full day of our investigation and it will be a full day," Sumwalt told reporters. He said investigators plan to look at the ship, its crew, company management and regulatory compliance, The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported.
U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Eric Swanson said weather was not a factor in the accident and all five crew members have passed alcohol tests, the newspaper said.
A spokesman for the New York Fire Department said the cause of the crash at Pier 11, at South Street and Gouverneur Lane, was not immediately known, The New York Times reported. The National Transportation Safety Board in Washington said it was sending a 12-member "go-team" to investigate.
Several people were taken off the ferry, operated by Seastreak on flatboards with their heads and necks immobilized, the Times said. Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe said early reports indicated there were 326 passengers and five crew members onboard.
Seastreak runs a daily service from Atlantic Highlands and Conners Highlands in New Jersey to Lower Manhattan. The Times said it can carry several hundred passengers.
The Times said the ferry was approaching the dock with many people standing and lined up getting ready to land. Dozens rushed to get off the ferry after the impact, the newspaper said, and the most severely injured toppled down stairs, though none were thrown into the water.
The ferry is 140 feet long and 30 feet wide, the Times report said. WABC-TV, New York, reported a large gash was torn on the starboard side of the craft, which can carry 400 passengers.
"Nothing seemed like it was going to be out of the ordinary," passenger Chris Avore told WABC. "There was once or twice where I was talking with a colleague where we actually thought it was coming in a little hot near Brooklyn, where we're not used to seeing it. Then the next thing we knew, you feel the jolt and then everybody goes flying."


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Hilarious pot bust in Mammoth
As pot busts go, the Tuesday arrest of Mammoth resident James Carlson was over the top.
The bust was by Mono County sheriff deputies assigned to the Mono Narcotics Enforcement Team (MONET), according to a press release from the sheriff's office. One deputy as wearing in street clothes. The other deputy was wearing sweater over his uniform and a portion of his duty gun belt. Yet another, a specialist from the California Drug Enforcement Section, were traveling in an unmarked MONET vehicle on Frontage Road in Mammoth.
They observed Carlson, a Mammoth resident, walking past A-Frame liquor store with a large backpack. The deputies pulled up next to Carlson and asked, "Hey bro, do you know where the dispensary is?"
Carlson replied to the deputies, "You looking for some Medies? I got some right here, bro," while walking over to the car.
Carlson stated that he had some killer weed from Humboldt and a scale in his backpack. One deputy stated that he had $70. Carlson then asked if he could weigh it out in the (undercover MONET) car.
The deputy had to move some equipment marked "Sheriff" into the trunk while Carlson waited. Carlson got in and exchanged the marijuana for the money. During the transaction, the uniformed deputy's duty belt was partially visible but Carlson didn't notice.
The deputies let Carlson exit the vehicle and then gave him the bad news that they were cops. Carlson stated he thought they were cops but needed the money.
Carlson was then arrested and taken to Bridgeport where he is currently in custody in the Mono County Jail for selling marijuana to sheriff's deputies.


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Safety & Immunogenicity of Immunisations With EN41-UGR7C HIV Vaccine
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01827397
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 9, 2013
Last Update Posted : May 21, 2014
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
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- How to Read a Study Record
The purpose of the clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity in female volunteers of EN41-UGR7C vaccine candidate adjuvanted with Alum using IM administration. The objective of the immunisation is to induce mucosal and systemic binding and neutralizing antibodies against HIV in order to block the virus on the mucosal surface and neutralise the viral particles that may eventually succeed in crossing the mucosal barrier.
This is a Phase 1 exploratory study. EN41-UGR7C will be administered for the first time in humans.
Volunteers who are vaccinated with EN41-UGR7C may develop an immune response against HIV, but its ability to induce meaningful protection against HIV will not be known before Phase 3 efficacy trials are completed, as correlates of protection against HIV are not yet clearly defined.
Consequently, there is no direct benefit to volunteers. They will be reimbursed for their time and travel.
|Condition or disease
|Biological: EN41-UGR7C HIV vaccine Biological: NaCl
|Phase 1
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|24 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase 1 Randomised, Single-centre, Observer-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Safety and Immunogenicity of EN41-UGR7C HIV Vaccine Candidate Administered Intramuscularly in Healthy Female Volunteers
|Study Start Date :
|April 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2014
Experimental: EN41-UGR7C HIV vaccine
Group 1: IM injection of 210 µg UGR7-C in 560 µg of Alum at month 0, 1 and 4
Biological: EN41-UGR7C HIV vaccine
Other Name: EN41-UGR7C adjuvanted with Alum
Placebo Comparator: NaCl
Group 2: IM injection of 700 µL of 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl) at month 0, 1 and 4
Biological: NaCl
Other Name: NaCl placebo vaccine
- Safety of 3 EN41-UGR7C administrations [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months after the last administration ]1. Safety assessed at any time from the first dose until 3 months after last administration by:Proportion of subjects developing Grade 3 or 4 adverse event
- Assessment of EN41-UGR7C immunogenicity [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months after the final administration ]
Immunogenicity: to assess the EN41-UGR7C specific serum IgG responses measured by ELISA induced by the vaccine candidate up to 3 months after the final administration with a 3-fold increase from pre-administration baseline sample taken at visit 2, week 0.
If no serum sample is available from this time point, serum taken at visit 1, screening, may be substituted.
- EN41-UGR7C specific ELISA IgA responses [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months after the final administration ]-To measure the EN41-UGR7C specific ELISA IgA responses in serum and EN41-UGR7C IgA and IgG responses in vaginal samples up to 3 months after the final administration
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women aged between 18 and 55 years on the day of screening
- Available for a maximal study duration of 8 months from screening
- Willing and able to give written informed consent
At low risk of HIV infection and willing to remain so for the duration of the study defined as:
- no history of injecting drug use in the previous ten years
- no gonorrhoea or syphilis in the last six months
- no high risk partner (e.g. injecting drug use, HIV infected sexual partner) either currently or within the past six months
- no unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse in the last six months outside a relationship with a regular partner known to be HIV negative
- no unprotected sex with someone from a high HIV prevalence region where HIV is more common than in the UK (e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean, South-East Asia)
- Negative HIV1/2 antibody/antigen test result at screening
- If heterosexually active female, using an effective method of contraception using a double barrier method of contraception (combined oral contraceptive pill, injectable or implanted contraceptive and use of condoms incorporating spermicide; physiological or anatomical sterility) from 14 days prior to the first vaccine administration until 3 months after the last administration, and willing to undergo urine pregnancy tests prior to each vaccine administration and blood pregnancy test at screening and final follow-up visits. Heterosexual females who become sexually active during the trial should also follow the same guidance
- Agree to abstain from donating blood during their participation in the trial
- Registered with a General Practitioner and medical history available for 12 months before dosing
- Satisfactory response received from General Practitioner relating to medical history before randomization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or lactating or planning to get pregnant within the next year
Clinically relevant abnormality on history or examination:
- central nervous system disorder or disease, including history of grand-mal epilepsy
- severe eczema
- clinically significant haematological, cardio-pulmonary, metabolic, gastrointestinal, renal, psychiatric or ophthalmological disorders
- acute infection or illness
- autoimmune disease, immunodeficiency or use of immunosuppressive agents in preceding 3 months prior to dosing
- Known hypersensitivity to any component of the vaccine formulation used in this trial, or have severe or multiple allergies
History of severe local or general reaction to previous vaccination defined as:
- local: extensive, indurated redness and swelling involving most of the antero-lateral thigh or the major circumference of the arm, not resolving within 72 hours
- general: fever >39.5°C within 48 hours; anaphylaxis; bronchospasm; laryngeal oedema; collapse; convulsions or encephalopathy within 72 hours
- Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 60 days or other vaccine within 14 days of schedules study vaccine dosing
- Receipt of an experimental vaccine containing HIV envelope proteins at any time in the past
- Receipt of blood products or immunoglobulin within 4 months of screening
- Participation in another trial of a medicinal product, completed less than 90 days prior to Visit 2 and planned participation in another clinical trial during the present trial
- HIV 1/2 antibody/antigen positive or indeterminate on screening
- Positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody or serology indicating active syphilis requiring treatment
- Clinically significant abnormal result in routine laboratory parameters.
- Unable to read and speak English to a fluency level adequate for the full comprehension of study and procedures required in participation and consent
- Unlikely to comply with protocol
- History of drug or alcohol abuse or regular use of drugs, or who test positive for alcohol test at screening
- On regular medication which in the opinion of the investigator makes volunteer unsuitable for participation in the study
- Any local vaginal, cervical or gynaecological condition which may interfere with collection or interpretation of data collected through vaginal samples
- Using any Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device as there is a risk of dislodging, displacing or removing the device when pulling or removing Softcup used for vaginal sampling
- Clinically significant abnormality on ECG performed at the screening visit
- Any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, compromises the volunteer's ability to meet protocol requirements or to complete the study
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01827397
|United Kingdom
|Royal Free Hospital; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Pond Street
|London, United Kingdom, NW3 2QG
|Principal Investigator:
|Margaret Johnson, Pr
|Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01827397 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|April 9, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 21, 2014
|Last Verified:
|May 2014
Keywords provided by PX'Therapeutics:
Safety of this HIV vaccine
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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The Museum of Contemporary Art, it appears, has really good basic instincts. The museum announced on Thursday that it has chosen actress Sharon Stone to host its eighth Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts luncheon.
The Nov. 6 event, which generally draws more than 600 people from the fields of art, fashion, philanthropy, film and other areas of entertainment, will honor artists Lita Albuquerque, Nancy Rubins, Helen Pashgian and Betye Saar. All were represented in the Getty's "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980."
The award recognizes women providing leadership and innovation in visual arts, dance, music and literature.


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It is common knowledge that the mainstream media and many leading politicians exert considerable pressure in favour of race-mixing and scream 'racist!' whenever any sane individual protests against this kind of coercion.
Such pressure is mainly directed towards blacks and whites. In spite of the abominable practice of Muslim 'grooming' of mainly vulnerable white adolescent girls, Asians will almost exclusively favour their own kind for longer-term relationships regardless of any outside pressure. Muslim women risk so-called 'honour' beatings and even killings if they don't [like Banaz Mahmod, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6733919.stm ]. Heinous as this cruelty is, it simply reinforces the point.
Large-scale white and black liaisons are of course unlikely to occur in spite of media and political pressure. They could, however, be enforced by the EU, via Europol and the Euro-army, when Britain is fully absorbed into the EU Superstate or ['golden garrotte'] concentration camp following the treason of Gordon Brown in May 2009, compounded, sadly, by royal assent. The aim, as always, is to destroy white Anglo-Saxon Celtic Britain, both as a nation and as a people.
(The USA attempted much the same with Germany after WW2, by sending large numbers of black troops to make up the occupation forces.)
Enforced race-mixing is one of the most effective ways of so doing. The black race in Britain would be destroyed in the process but that would be of no consequence to our European masters, i.e. gauleiters.
Paul Broca published a study in 1864 on hybridity in the human race. He found that, in South Carolina, where white Anglo-Saxon males had cohabited with negresses, the mulatto offspring were "little prolific and short-lived." See
He also reported that "the union of the Caucasian women with negroes is very frequently non-productive."
J.H. Van Evrie, M.D. reached the same conclusions after studying "several thousand cases of mixed blood" and published the results of his research in 1868. A CD entitled Vatican Assassins 3rd Edition, by American Baptist writer Eric Jon Phelps, summarises Van Evrie's work and is obtainable via Eric's site http://www.vaticanassassins.org/store/ .
Van Evrie concludes that the mulatto progeny of white males and negresses, who then inter-breed with other hybrids, are by the 4th generation "as absolutely sterile as muleism...it may be assumed as the natural and impassable barrier of this abnormal and exceptional being."
He adds that "it is in the female hybrid that this tendency to decay...is most apparent. Many of them are incapable of nourishing or taking care of their offspring, and together with miscarriages and the numerous forms of disease connected with maternity, they are often found to have had a large number of children, not one of whom reached maturity."
An additional burden for our already overstretched NHS, I suggest, should the EU force this strategy on Britain.
Broca found that mulatto offspring of Southern European whites and negroes were more successful in reproduction but where this happened on an appreciable scale, as in Portugal, the result was disastrous after little more than 100 years.
In Racial Realities in Europe, Lothrop Stoddard describes how Portugal was a major sea power in the 16th century.
He then describes how she experienced a drift of her population away from rural areas to the cities, lured by wealth, a constant drain on her manpower by foreign wars and "racial impoverishment...with negro blood," as great landowners imported large gangs of Africans to work the half-deserted countryside and who inevitably intermingled with what remained of the indigenous population.
In little over a century, Portugal degenerated into a minor nation as a direct result of these combined trends.
Britain is degenerating in the same way. 5,500,000 or at least 10% of white Britons now live abroad. Britain continues to haemorrhage her white indigenous population at the rate of over 100,000 a year, to be replaced in over abundance by 300,000 foreign incomers annually. See
Her available employment, including rural work, is progressively being taken over by foreigners, especially Poles.
Though obviously not of African descent, Poles and other Eastern Europeans are nevertheless not equivalent to the native peoples of the British Isles. They are largely, i.e. 90%+, Alpine Caucasians, not Anglo-Saxon Celtic, or Nordic Caucasians (the Nordic distinction applies to all so-called 'immigrants' to these isles up until and including the Norman i.e. 'North-man,' conquest) and clearly cannot be assimilated without a deleterious effect on Britain's indigenous racial character.
And incomers of African or Afro-Caribbean descent to Britain now number well over 1,000,000 and they are continuing to arrive in large numbers, e.g. Congolese to Norfolk, Somalis to the south-east etc.
This is sufficient for the EU to further its strategy of Britain's ultimate destruction as a nation and a people as outlined above.
Given that white Britons could be a minority in their own country by the year 2066 if present trends continue, the EU could achieve its aim by about the year 2100, or not much later.
Remember Portugal - and that, like Portugal in its final decline, Britain is no longer a major sea power, so the EU destruction of Britain is off to a running start.
Alan O'Reilly
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Anatomy of Post Production Tools – The Seim Effects Toolkits
by Gavin Seim: There's info and videos on each product page, but I wanted do a quick overview of how you can use tools in great photo workflow and how Seim Effects collections fit into that. Having your workflow nailed down makes all the difference in creative efficiency. Whether you're using Seim Effects or other tools, these concepts will be similar. I should also note that every collection I make is unique. Tools are not duplicates across more than one set. Each is a unique focused collection.
So lets start with our original file. A creative efficient editing plan needs a foundation. That generally starts with presets. They seem simple, but great presets are fast, powerful, essential tools that give you control. For a step by step look at my workflow check out this article, The Super Workflow. For now lets look at the SE preset lineup, an elegant collection of powerful tools.
Power Workflow 3 (LR 1-4) | Lighflow (Aperture 3)
Any Photography Type.
These days most good processing starts with a RAW editor such as LR or Aperture. PW3 is my flagship collection of presets for LR and it's generally where I start. For Apple Aperture you'll want Lightflow. Both of these are a core. They have a bit of everything from workflow and automation presets to color blending tools, black and white conversions and detail enhancement tools.
Both refined collections stem from years of editing experience and user raves speak for them. Whatever your skill level, if you buy one editing toolkit ever, these are your ticket. These collections will help you be more creative, allowing you to mix, match and tweak to your hearts content, while saving you countless hours. (At the moment Lightflow is our only presets collection available for Aperture).
Color Fantasies (LR 1-4) – Any photography type, wedding and portrait.
CF is an extension of color. Going beyond basics and into deeper color twists, blends and hues. There's some of this on PW3, but if you love creative color you'll want CF. It's all right here, a complete color effects collection.
Color Fantasies is classy, with a vast array of color tools. From vintage processes, baby tools, cross process effects and more. Complicated color mixes that will take your color to new levels.
Silver Shadows 2 (LR 1-4) – Any photography type, black and white.
Silver Shadows 2 marks a new generation for black and white conversions. Precluding the need for plugins and external tools, SS2 puts powerful silver conversions a click away and allows you to mix, match and blend tones to get stunning black and white's, while retaining the delicate quality of your original RAW file.
If you love black and white, you need Silver Shadows. PW3 has a selection of basic silver conversion tools. But Silver Shadows 2 is a system for stunning black and white right inside Lightroom.
So that's presets. A workflow foundation. Now we come to refining local edits in Photoshop is similar editors. And they should not be forgotten. Often people stop at the RAW edit, but the refined edit is often what separates the men from the boys, making an image really sing. It's that finishing touch that the best images always get.
Naked Elements (PS and Others) – Any photography type.
Naked Elements is a complete texture collection in one pack. You buy one set and you get them all. Textures allow you to subtly overlay a texture image over your main piece, letting your base image be enhanced by the texture from the overlay (it's better seen that described, so visit the product page). NE includes high res texture files that can be quickly applied in Photoshop using the included actions, or in just about any other photo editor that allows layers. You can even apply them from LR using a plugin like Perfect Layers. NE is
Naked Elements is a single collection that includes images of everything from fire, to water, to stone, to my favorite, real images of documents that are centuries old. The NE parchments textures are like nothing else and something that makes NE stand out like no other.
Creative Essentials (PS CS2-CS5) – Any photography type.
One of my first effects collections and one that' been revised and refined over the years. Creative Essentials is a collection of Photoshop effects that digs into areas you can't do with a RAW editor.
There's some essential corrections in CE, along with sharpening tools, powerful fantasy, tonal and glow effects and more. Actions are the perfect way to take a great image and make it something more. In Creative Essentials it's a little about workflow and a little about finishing touches.
Hollywood Effects 2 (PS CS2-CS5) – Most powerful for wedding and portrait
Deep second generation finishing. HE2 is a collection of creative Photoshop actions that once again bring simplicity to complexity. It's filled with tools for image effects, glows and in particular skin corrections.
Automated skin smoothing that would normally require a plugin can be done with quality and speed in HE2. Glows and fantasy effects that are not possible in a raw editor.
HE2 is a customizable effects mix that any wedding or portrait photographer won't want to be without.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 24th Mar 2013 13:03 UTC
"An early build of Windows Blue, the next version of Windows, has leaked online. Build 9364 has been made available on file sharing sites and includes some of the new changes that Microsoft is building into its significant Windows 8 update. Leaked screenshots show that the company is bringing smaller Live Tile arrangements to its Start Screen, along with greater control over the color personalization options. Other improvements include a number of new options in the Windows 8-style settings screen. SkyDrive options are present, which appear to show greater integration and control over device back ups and files. There's also an app settings section that surfaces options to change default apps and information on app sizes." Very welcome improvements - but unless there's significant speed and performance improvements, this is all for naught. Update: Woah, a 50:50 split view! They are listening! Update 2: Steve Troughton-Smith details that the split can be any size, and that you can also split three and four applications.
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RE[4]: In 2013...
by Phucked on Mon 25th Mar 2013 10:01 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: In 2013..."
I remember a single CPU computer I had back in the days. It ran 33MHz on "turbo" and yet had graphical interface, copy/paste, multitasking and was capable of displaying more than 4 application at a time.
Everything old is new again... patented with "on a phone". Where is the innovation?
Everything old is new again... patented with "on a phone". Where is the innovation?
Aye.. lets not forget the Amiga OS could do that too on a 7mhz CPU with 512KB of ram.


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Another faction dies. I'm really beginning to think that I set this up unfairly. At least the ground battle went more or less for the Coalition this turn. As I said earlier, the Coalition will get a secret faction once one player loses all of his combat forces. That hasn't happened yet, but I think it probably will next turn.
Cutlass Squadron puts on the brakes.
The Republic Boarding Frigate loops around the station, fires...
And does a point of damage to the Pirate boarding frigate. The Pirate boarding frigate is down to only 1 HP.
The assault frigate joins the attack, but fails to damage the defense frigate. The defense frigate's response attack does a point of damage to the assault frigate.
The escort frigate accelerates towards the Trick Shot.
I got no orders for the freighter, so it just drifted along its original vector.
The Trick Shot accelerates towards the JDF lancer. The escort frigate tries to take a response shot, but misses.
BOOM! The JDF is out of the game, and the Trick Shot is down to six missiles.
The Nurse Shark's missiles do one point of damage to the escort frigate.
The Tiger Shark moves up.
The Hellfury decelerates, but it's not in range of anything this turn.
The pirate in the hyperdrive room kills a security guard.
Another pirate rifleman moves up and takes a shot, killing yet another security guard.
Captain Cutlass kills the third and last guard on the ship.
The other pirates arrange themselves in front of the wall which the reinforcements will burst through.
The breaching charge goes off.
The Hero uses a stupendous feat...
... and blasts the rocket pirate's rocket launcher, causing an explosion that kills two pirates. The launcher and the two remaining rockets in the pirate's backpack are intact.
The stealthtrooper disappeared! Where'd he go?
Two pirates return fire. One clone rifleman dies, and the other loses his helmet. Remember, the R2 can fix helmets as well as heal people.
The clone riflemen with the hyperdrive part kills a pirate. You can also see the Hero, who has taken cover in the life support control room.
The pirate bazooka trooper fires and misses. He has 2 rockets left.
The R2 heals a guard.
Trick Shot: 1
Pirate Boarding Party: 4
Coalition Boarding Party: 3
Jovian Defense Force: 1
Pirate Boarding Party: 3
Coalition Boarding Party: 4
Damage points given
Republic: 1
Cutlass Squadron: 1
Trick Shot: 3
Shark Squadron: 1
These are pretty grim. I really think I did something wrong setting this up... sorry guys.


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March 18, 2017
$13 Admission Online
$15 Admission at the Door
Irish Stout
Strut your Celtic for St. Patrick's Day with Stout as they honor us with a full program of Irish American songs about drinking, love, immigrants, rebels, shellfish, tomfoolery, and maybe more drinking.
Truly unique and authentic is the best way describe the acoustic aura of unplugged magic that happens in the haven of historic sounds. Simply referred to as the "Tavern", this 19th century gem beckons the area's top musicians to this vintage venue as a the wood-burning stove heats the air and heady rhythms float in the room. It's casual and up close. The way that music is meant to be heard.
Richmond Town will hand you mugs of cider, wine, or beer as you slap your knees to the good stuff. As one Tavern-goer gushed, "A 19th-century building with aged wood and no modern conveniences makes the sound sweet."
Two years ago, the Tavern embraced other American musical styles and got a little "Sly", as jazz standout, Sylvester Scott took to the clapboard floor for the first Jazz concert at the Tavern. Last year, Trumpet sensation Michael Morreale brought his flavor of jazz and local acoustic standout, Tom Cintula brought some blues to the Tavern. Dan Master styled early twentieth century music, from British music halls to vaudeville and early radio.
This year, Jazz and Blues at the Tavern is expanded along with the legends of sea shanties and folk music that the Tavern has long been known for.
The Tavern is a mecca for hipsters who are about real, original and authentic settings. The centuries-aged-wood and handmade construction resonate a true sound that transports aficionados to a time when music was close, unfiltered and immediate. So hoist a mug, tap your feet and soak in the sounds at the Tavern.
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Three Star Family is a welcoming spot for a good meal
There aren't that many places anymore that have a breakfast special of two eggs, toast and coffee for $2.99, but if you happen to be visiting or passing through North Collins, we have one for you.
The Three Star Family Restaurant looks to be a community favorite, from its friendly greeting to its easy-on-the-wallet menu. The front door of the one-story building opens into a room that is comfortable and bright, with plenty of tables, several of which were filled with couples, families and groups on the Saturday around noon when Paula, Tom, John and I stopped there for a late breakfast/early lunch. Our overall experience was good, with a few spots of excellence and just one glitch.
But first, speaking of dishes – the actual dishes our food was served on were marked with the logo of The Executive, which sent us all on a trip down memory lane discussing the long-ago Executive Inn on Genesee Street across from the airport, which, in its later years, also housed the Playboy Club. The Executive closed decades ago, but its oval china platters live on, holding homestyle food at the Three Star. There was nary a chip or crack in sight, and the platters were thick enough to hold plenty of heat.
The menu offered the usual breakfast and lunch selections, along with some Greek dishes, including a souvlaki breakfast for $7.25. But that was along the upper limit of menu prices, with most things much less and some things extremely reasonable. A quarter-pound three-star burger with fries, for example, was $3.99.
We started our selections with a cup ($2.25; bowl $2.99) of the soup of the day, turkey noodle. It was the best turkey noodle soup I have tasted outside of my own kitchen, where the whole carcass goes into the pot after a holiday meal and simmers for hours. Packed with bits of turkey, slices of carrot, diced onion and soft egg noodles, it was stellar.
The half-pound sirloin burger, served with fries ($5.99) was made with very good meat that was not served well by its roll, which was slightly stale. The burger was cooked perfectly, meaty and juicy despite being, as ordered, cooked through. It was, in fact, described as delicious. The fries were crispy and hot, just perfect.
Also nicely made (and quite a bargain at $6.25) was the hungry man breakfast, which arrived on two plates. It consisted of two pancakes, two eggs, a pile of home fries and several strips of bacon. We like our home fries slightly crispy, and these filled the bill. The cakes were perfectly cooked, golden and fluffy inside.
Unfortunately, an order of blueberry pancakes with bacon ($5.25) looked fine on the outside but had raw batter in the middle. Blueberry pancakes are certainly more tricky to cook than regular ones, especially if you use cold or frozen berries. But that's no excuse. We flagged down the server, who took them back to the kitchen and new ones were cooked and arrived after five long minutes. The second time around, they were delicious, packed with small, flavorful berries.
The Macedonian omelette ($6.25) was an unusual combination, and utterly delicious. The eggs were filled with diced onion, cooked peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms and topped with a generous sprinkling of feta cheese. It was so tasty that we'll be looking for it on every menu we scan from now on.
Three Star Family Restaurant
Where: 10770 Main St., North Collins (337-3872)
Hours: Open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday. No credit cards accepted.
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England can take a 2-0 lead in the five-day series with victory over India in tomorrow's match, after winning Friday's opener, despite the current squad short of experience.
Anchor man Jonathan Trott, opening bowler James Anderson and first-choice spinner Graeme Swann have all been excused the five-match series but Cook believes it is vital the workloads are managed.
"Careers are short but rest and rotation is going to be an important part of the side moving forward," he said.
"Luckily we are building a squad of players. We've got young lads here who have been in the international side for six to eight months and they are gaining experience, and hopefully showing if they get their chance they can take it.
"Rest and rotation is important and to me it is on a tour by tour, week by week basis.
"As players and even coaches we are going to have to assess the situation, week by week, month by month. You can't really plan too far ahead because things change due to injury or form or whatever."
Cook's reference to 'resting' coaches is a nod to the decision to appoint Ashley Giles as the side's limited-overs coach, easing the strain of team director Andy Flower, who continues to lead the Test XI.
Before being named skipper of the 50-over side, Cook suffered from something Tim Bresnan describes as "natural rotation" in one-day cricket, having been overlooked for tactical reasons.
Despite excelling since his return he remains unpicked in Twenty20, something which perhaps explains his own eagerness to avoid being rotated out of the side's he currently leads.
"I want to play as much cricket as I can for England," he said. "I'm just happy that I am getting selected to play.
"There was a time when I wasn't playing any one-day cricket at all. At the moment I am feeling fresh and excited by the challenges ahead."


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Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell on Wednesday:
Zipcar - The instant car rental firm is being bought by Avis Budget Group for $12.25 per share in cash, or $500 million. That's a nearly 50 percent premium over Monday's close for Zipcar shareholders.
Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, MGM Resorts - New figures show casino revenues in Macau rose 13.5 percent last year to a record $38 billion. December revenue also hit a monthly record at $3.5 billion.
Google - Oppenheimer has lowered its price target and earnings estimates for Google because of higher traffic acquisition costs and the dominance of Apple's iOS devices in tablets and mobile commerce.


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Seahawks top 49ers in NFC thriller
Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - Richard Sherman tipped Colin Kaepernick's pass and then celebrated when his teammate came away with the pick. Moments later, he screamed into a TV camera that he was the best cornerback in the NFL.
One thing's for sure: The Seattle Seahawks, in front of their noisy, proud fans, proved they were the best team in the NFC with a thrilling win over a division rival.
Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Kearse in the fourth quarter and the Seahawks scored 13 unanswered points Sunday to beat the San Francisco 49ers 23-17 in the NFC Championship Game.
After Sherman tipped a pass intended for Michael Crabtree in the back-right corner of the end zone, linebacker Malcolm Smith picked it off to halt a 49ers drive in the final minute, sealing Seattle's second Super Bowl trip.
The Seahawks will face Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Feb. 2, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Denver beat New England 26-16 in the AFC title game Sunday.
Wilson passed for 215 yards, Marshawn Lynch rushed for 109 with a 40-yard touchdown run and top-seeded Seattle erased deficits of 10-0 and 17-10 for its seventh straight playoff win at home.
"It would really be a mistake not to remember the connection and relationship between the team and 'The 12th Man,' the fans," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said on the field after the game. "It's really unbelievable."
Kaepernick piled up 130 yards rushing, including a 58-yard scramble in the first half that set up Anthony Dixon's 1-yard touchdown for a 10-0 lead.
Sherman celebrated Smith's interception on his back in the end zone.
Replays showed him slapping Crabtree on the butt (he was penalized) and making a choking gesture after the play, but before he screamed into Fox sideline reporter Erin Andrews' microphone after the game that we was "the best corner in the game" and called Crabtree "a sorry receiver."
Kaepernick had 3:37 and three timeouts to work with in the final drive and completed 5-of-6 passes -- including a 17-yard throw to Frank Gore on fourth down -- moving San Francisco from its own 22 to the Seattle 18-yard line before the interception.
Kaepernick passed for 153 yards with a 26-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin and two interceptions and had 98 yards rushing in the first half. He blamed himself for the loss.
"I didn't play good enough to win. I turned the ball over three times. I cost us this game," said Kaepernick, who also lost a fumble.
The fifth-seeded 49ers, in the NFC title game for the third straight season and looking to go back to the Super Bowl after losing to Baltimore last year, had an eight-game winning streak snapped.
The Seahawks finished a game ahead of the 49ers in the NFC West and had beaten them in their last two meetings in Seattle by a combined score of 71-16.
This one was much closer. It was a battle, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said.
"It was a 15-rounder," Harbaugh said. "Both teams played hard."
Wilson had a free throw after the 49ers went offside on 4th-and-7 and threw it to Kearse, who leapt to pull down the 35-yard touchdown pass with a defender on his back to give the Seahawks their first lead of the game with 13:44 left.
They were close to building on the 20-17 advantage after Cliff Avril stripped Kaepernick and the Seahawks recovered at the San Francisco 6-yard line, but chaos ensued.
Niners linebacker NaVorro Bowman suffered what the team said initially looks like an ACL injury as he pulled the ball away from Kearse near the goal line on third down and Kearse landed on Bowman's left leg, bending it sideways.
Kearse ended up putting the ball on the ground, but Lynch came away with it after a scramble. Wilson and Lynch then fumbled a handoff on fourth down to give the 49ers the ball at their own 15.
But Kaepernick underthrew Boldin on first down and Kam Chancellor picked the pass off, leading to Steven Hauschka's 47-yard field goal with 3:37 left.
"This is where we want to be," Carroll said. "We have an incredible opportunity to go to New York (for the Super Bowl). It is a challenge we will not take lightly."
Lynch's electric 40-yard touchdown run tied the score at 10-10 in the third quarter.
He started right, cut back through the middle of the line, nearly ran into tackle Alvin Bailey, then stumbled near the end of the run but avoided being tackled before plunging into the right side of the end zone.
Big plays were the norm in the second half.
Kaepernick's 26-yard pass to a well-covered Boldin was tipped by Seattle's Earl Thomas as both players leapt in the end zone, but Boldin came down with it for a 17-10 49ers lead midway through the third quarter.
Doug Baldwin returned the ensuing kickoff 69 yards down the right sideline to set up Hauschka's 40-yard field goal to get Seattle within four.
Earlier, Aldon Smith strip-sacked Wilson on the game's first play from scrimmage and Phil Dawson kicked a 25-yard field goal to give the 49ers the early lead.
LaMichael James fumbled a punt in the second quarter after a brutal hit by Seattle's Ricardo Lockette, but the 49ers recovered the ball and Kaepernick slipped past four tacklers on a 58-yard dash that set up the game's first touchdown.
Dixon soared over the line for a 1-yard score on fourth down at 10:03 of the quarter for a 10-0 lead.
Not to be outdone, Wilson used his legs to get Seattle points. He scrambled for time and found Baldwin behind two defenders for a 51-yard completion that set up Hauschka's 32-yard field goal, pulling the Seahawks within 10-3.
Game Notes
Both teams gained 308 yards on offense ... Seattle beat Carolina in the 2006 NFC title game and lost to Pittsburgh in the franchise's only previous Super Bowl appearance ... The 49ers fell to 6-9 in NFC title games ... Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin missed the game with a concussion ... 49ers guard Mike Iupati left the game with an ankle injury.


text: Can't go wrong with a yeast cake of WLP-001 / Wyeast 1056. Its clean and handles high-gravity fermentations well with proper fermentation management (oxygenation, fermentation temp. control, pitching rate, etc.). This is what I use - mainly because I am most likely to have a yeast cake of it handy. I use it for most of my normal-gravity beers.


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Bake the Book: Baklava
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It seems that everyone who loves baklava has their own way to make it, and theirs just happens to be the best. Chef Einat Admony might have an actual claim to the title. She shares her mother's recipe in Balaboosta: Bold Mediterranean Recipes To Feed The People You Love, calling for peanuts, pistachios and walnuts as filling, and rosewater syrup to pour over. The result is crisp, layered, and not too sweet.
Tips & Tweaks: If you don't have a pastry brush, get one before attempting to smear liquid fat over paper-thin sheets of pastry. It makes the process that much faster and easier, we promise. Also, the more butter you use, the better. Dry phyllo = burnt phyllo.
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Manufactured by Winchendon Modern, this birch Paul McCobb two drawer desk is listed in very good condition.
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Pen Zen Bamboo Desk Organizer
An elegant way to hold your pens.
- A refined way to hold your pens and paperclips.
- Can be used vertically or horizontally.
- Made of bamboo with hidden magnets.
When the table is clean, all can be built upon it. When the pens are in line, it's easier to choose which to write with. When organization happens, thoughts become more clear. They are no longer hidden in the forest of disorganization. They can run free and frolic and multiply. The easiest and classiest way we've found to organize up our desk space is the Pen Zen Bamboo Desk Organizer.
The Pen Zen Bamboo Desk Organizer can be used either vertically or horizontally. It's tiny rubber fingers hold pens, pencils, make up brushes, Twizzlers, and anything else that's long and skinny. It also has hidden magnets just under the bamboo to hold paperclips or other magnetic miscellanea. The goal of the Pen Zen Bamboo Desk Organizer is simple: to organize your desk in a beautiful and simple way. That way, with your desk organized, it's easier to get your mind organized. Awes-om.
Pen Zen Bamboo Desk Organizer
- An elegant way to keep clutter to a minimum on your desk.
- Made of bamboo and many rubber fingers - with hidden magnets.
- The little fingers hold your pens (or whatever) and the magnets hold your paperclips (or magnetic whatever).
- Use it vertically or horizontally.
- Dimensions: 7.25" x 2.5" x 2"


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Existing-Home Sales Hit Highest Level Since October
Sales Rose 2.6% to Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 5.04 Million in June
WASHINGTON—A broad measure of U.S. home sales climbed for the third consecutive month in June, hitting the highest level since October as the housing market gained steam after a monthslong slump.
Sales of previously owned homes rose 2.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million last month, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. Revisions showed May sales reached a 4.91 million rate, up from an initially reported 4.89 million pace....


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Dan Bull's 'Death To ACTA' Video Silenced After Claim From Rapper Who Used The Same Sample
from the wait,-what-now? dept
At the same time Jay-Z has been quite public about his support for artists remixing his tracks into other songs saying that he's "honored" when it's done. It may be that Jay-Z doesn't hold the copyright for DoA, but even so... it seems like a pretty weak claim to go after Dan Bull. And, of course, you can find a ton of other videos that use the same backing track for their own songs. Here's one. And another. And another. And another. And another. And another. And another. And another. And there are a lot more. I'm just getting tired of cutting and pasting.
And none of those other ones are silenced.
Just Dan's. It almost makes you wonder if Universal Music has... a political reason for trying to silence Dan's songs, such as the fact that it mocks an international agreement that the recording industry was highly supportive of. And they say copyright isn't used to censor free speech...