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The owner of the one of the two businesses that would be affected by a proposed hotel tax says he will turn his 12-unit motel into an apartment complex before he takes a hit from Peoria County.
The owner of the one of the two businesses that would be affected by a proposed hotel tax says he will turn his 12-unit motel into an apartment complex before he takes a hit from Peoria County.
The owner of the other business, a one-room bed and breakfast, says revenue generated from the tax will be so nominal it won't scratch the county's budget problems.
The county's tax committee on Thursday approved a 5 percent tax on gross rental receipts for hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts in unincorporated areas.
The issue still must go before the full board on Sept. 10.
"The only thing they're going to do is drive business out of Peoria County," said Guy Brenkman, owner of the Riverview Inn just north of Peoria on Illinois Route 29. "Government does a lot of stupid things. This is right at the top."
Dean Ramseyer, owner of Old Church House Inn in Mossville, said the annual revenues the county would receive from him would amount to coffee cup change and he would have to pass it onto his customers. At an average $150 stay, the tax on that one room would generate a maximum of $780 for the county, assuming the bed and breakfast is open every weekend of the year.
The county operates a $120 million annual budget. It could not be determined Thursday how much revenue the Riverview Inn would generate.
Ramseyer questioned the cost of implementing and managing a new tax compared to revenue.
County officials had not yet contacted the businesses that would be affected, and the owners learned of the proposal from the Journal Star. Officials also had no estimate on the annual revenue.
Money would be used to promote tourism or for economic development purposes, which Ramseyer said makes sense. But he questioned what could be done with such a small amount of cash.
The tax also could be applicable to the cabins at Wildlife Prairie State Park, though committee members said more research is needed to determine whether the park would qualify.
If approved, the tax would become effective on Oct. 1.
The weak economy has Peoria County facing a revenue shortfall of $3.3 million to $3.7 million and a corresponding budget deficit between $3.9 and $4 million. County officials are discussing numerous ways to bolster revenue, including a registration fee for all vehicles and a daily fee to jail inmates.
The county already enacted wage freezes and required furlough days and is offering a buyout plan and asking departments to reduce their budgets.
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The increasing popularity of initial coin offerings (ICOs) combined with the predominantly hands-off approach taken by global regulators to date, has contributed to unease among commentators about the level of protection currently afforded to ICO investors. In an effort to clarify the regulatory landscape applying to ICOs, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently published a guidance statement (ASIC Guidance)[1] about when ICOs may be subject to current Australian securities laws.
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Emily Nielsen Jones
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Co-founder & President Imago Dei Fund
Emily is a donor-activist engaged in promoting human equality, justice, and peace around the world. She is particularly passionate and engaged in the nexus of faith, gender, and development and working to mobilize our faith traditions to more fully and unambiguously embrace gender equality.
In her role at the Imago Dei Fund, Emily has helped the foundation adopt a "gender-lens" in its grantmaking with a particular focus on partnering with inspired female change agents, locally and around the world, to build bridges of peace and create a world where girls and women can thrive and achieve their full human potential.
Emily is actively engaged in the women-led philanthropy movement. Her involvement includes:
Women's Donor Network, member, Women for a Just Peace working group
Women Moving Millions, member
New England International Donor Network, steering committee
Boston Women's Fund, board member
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, co-chair, advisory board
The Hildegard Fund, co-founder, vice chair
Hestia Fund, member, giving circle
InterVarsity National Women's Council, member
Gordon College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership,
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At Seeding
Before throwing down any new grass seed on your freshly prepared lawn bed, rake over the soil. This creates pockets in the earth for the seeds to nestle into before germination. It loosens up the soil and breaks up any clumps of earth. Deeper raking might remove stray roots and rocks. When you lay your seed down, a light raking of soil over the top helps to cover them to a shallow depth. This also helps prevent birds from eating all of your seed.
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Eminem Unveils 'Revival' Track List Featuring Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Pink & More – See the Tracks!
Eminem's Revival is coming soon – and it's got a ton of collaborations!
The 45-year-old rapper's upcoming studio album, due out on December 15, includes collaborations with Pink, Ed Sheeran and Skylar Grey.
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Eminem revealed the track list on Tuesday (December 5) on his social media.
The album, which also includes the previously released "Walk On Water" with Beyonce, also features collaborations with Phresher, X Ambassadors, Kehlani and Alicia Keys.
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After joining my new company in January, the weekdays have become very hectic. I have still not fully adjusted to this hectic lifestyle, food habits and staying away from my beautiful home in Bombay. Been damn long since i worked on Beagle board and today i finally decided to resume my activities of studying and developing in full swing.
My previous development environment for the beagle was on my own laptop which i left back at home for my parents to use. I was running Ubuntu 12.04 in VM. I have switched to Arch Linux now and use it on my company provided laptop. So, while re-installing the development environment i came across errors. I am going to mention the errors below and show how to fix it.
Error No. 1
In file included from clean-temp.h:22:0,
from clean-temp.c:23:
./stdio.h:477:1: error: 'gets' undeclared here (not in a function)
make[4]: *** [clean-temp.o] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/vm/Beagle/buildroot/output/build/m4-1.4.16/lib'
The error exists in this file:
This can be fixed with the patch below
--- a/lib/stdio.in.h 2011-03-01 17:39:29.000000000 +0100 +++ b/lib/stdio.in.h 2012-07-05 22:35:32.348982786 +0200 @@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning. Assume it is always declared, since it is required by C89. */ #undef gets +#if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead"); +#endif #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@ # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
Make a patch file in the directory where the stdio.in.h file is present and apply it as:
patch stdio.in.h < (patch_file_name)
Error No. 2
conftest.c:14625: must be after `@defmac' to use `@defmacx'
This error occurs during building of autoconf and can be fixed with the below patch
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ @c The ARG is an optional argument. To be used for macro arguments in @c their documentation (@defmac). @macro ovar{varname} -@r{[}@var{\varname\}@r{]}@c +@r{[}@var{\varname\}@r{]} @end macro @c @dvar(ARG, DEFAULT) @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ @c The ARG is an optional argument, defaulting to DEFAULT. To be used @c for macro arguments in their documentation (@defmac). @macro dvar{varname, default} -@r{[}@var{\varname\} = @samp{\default\}@r{]}@c +@r{[}@var{\varname\} = @samp{\default\}@r{]} @end macro @c Handling the indexes with Texinfo yields several different problems. @@ -8014,10 +8014,10 @@ variables, respectively. The computed linker flags are cached in @code{ac_cv_f77_libs} or @code{ac_cv_fc_libs}, respectively. @end defmac -@defmac AC_F77_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, @dvar{action-if-not-found, @ - AC_MSG_FAILURE}) -@defmacx AC_FC_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, @dvar{action-if-not-found, @ - AC_MSG_FAILURE}) +@defmac AC_F77_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, @ + @dvar{action-if-not-found, AC_MSG_FAILURE}) +@defmacx AC_FC_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, @ + @dvar{action-if-not-found, AC_MSG_FAILURE}) @acindex{F77_DUMMY_MAIN} @cvindex F77_DUMMY_MAIN @acindex{FC_DUMMY_MAIN} @@ -8268,8 +8268,8 @@ results in @code{ac_cv_fc_srcext_@var{ext}} and @code{ac_cv_fc_pp_srcext_@var{ext}} variables, respectively. @end defmac -@defmac AC_FC_PP_DEFINE (@ovar{action-if-success}, @dvar{action-if-failure, @ - AC_MSG_FAILURE}) +@defmac AC_FC_PP_DEFINE (@ovar{action-if-success}, @ + @dvar{action-if-failure, AC_MSG_FAILURE}) @acindex{FC_PP_DEFINE} @caindex fc_pp_define @@ -8287,8 +8287,8 @@ The result of this test is cached in the @code{ac_cv_fc_pp_define} variable. @end defmac -@defmac AC_FC_FREEFORM (@ovar{action-if-success}, @dvar{action-if-failure, @ - AC_MSG_FAILURE}) +@defmac AC_FC_FREEFORM (@ovar{action-if-success}, @ + @dvar{action-if-failure, AC_MSG_FAILURE}) @acindex{FC_FREEFORM} @caindex fc_freeform @@ -8314,8 +8314,8 @@ The result of this test, or @samp{none} or @samp{unknown}, is cached in the @code{ac_cv_fc_freeform} variable. @end defmac -@defmac AC_FC_FIXEDFORM (@ovar{action-if-success}, @dvar{action-if-failure, @ - AC_MSG_FAILURE}) +@defmac AC_FC_FIXEDFORM (@ovar{action-if-success}, @ + @dvar{action-if-failure, AC_MSG_FAILURE}) @acindex{FC_FIXEDFORM} @caindex fc_fixedform
Make a patch file and the save the above in it. Apply it as
patch autoconf.texi < (patch_file_name)
The application of this patch failed in places but after applying the patch the build process went ahead.
Error No. 3
The first error also occurs during the building phase of bison. The first patch solves the issue for this as well. The patch needs to be applied to the stdio.h file in the /lib directory.
N.B. The patch files are not written by me. I have dug them up from forums like gmane.


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"Almost on its own, in its first iteration in November 2005, PERFORMA willed the category of performance back into vibrant being in New York, a city that had become somewhat sleepy when it came to this kind of art." -Hal Foster
"[Performa is now] high up in the sky as one of the major contemporary art events to look forward to." -Francesco Bonami
As we approach the 10 year anniversary of Performa, we will reflect on the incredibly history and legacy of the organization, starting with Performa 05 and Performa 07. Writing for the 2005 Performa Biennial catalog, Founder and Director RoseLee Goldberg writes, "The fact that performance is regularly a sideshow at biennials, and that its enormous influence in the history of twentieth-century art is still so little understood, let to the decision to create a biennial dedicate to the form. One hundred years of radical propositions that have infected, disrupted, and changed thoughts about the meaning of art in the minds of artists and their audiences, and that helped shape a century of modern art, had to be confronted head on."
In fact, the seeds of the biennial were planted much earlier in 2001 when Goldberg asked the artist Shirin Neshat to "envisage her performers on screen stepping down from the walls into a live performance space," out of her own desire to see the incredible work of visual artists of that period who used media in stunning and seductive ways. The result was Logic of the Birds which premiered the following year at the Lincoln Center Festival.
Shirin Neshat with Sussan Deyhim, Logic of the Birds, 2001. Performance view.
To address the changing climate of the visual art world, Goldberg had already begun organizing a series of ongoing panels in 2003 at NYU Steinhardt to address the multiple issues surrounding performance, its relationship to art institutions, to the marketplace, and to the world of ideas. The discussion further reinforced the nessesity of PERFORMA's stated mission: to expose the full impact on art history of live performance by artists over the past century.
RoseLee Goldberg, Chrissie Iles, Joan Jonas, and Robert Storr at Not For Sale - Curating, Conserving, and Collecting Ephemeral Art, 2004. Photo courtesy of Performa.
PERFORMA 05 opened with Jesper Just's opera True Love Is Yet to Come, an extraordinary half-hour work by Just who was then a young video maker from Copenhagen who had never made a live performance before, nor indeed any film longer than eight minutes.
Below are some highlights from Performa 05.
Jesper Just, True Love is Yet to Come, 2005. Performance view (Baard Owe).
Clifford Owens, Studio Visits: Studio Museum in Harlem, 2005. Performance view (with Joan Jonas).
Marina Abramović, Seven Easy Pieces, 2005. Performance view (Abramović performing Joseph Bueys's How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, 1965), November 13, 2005.
Tamy Ben-Tor, Exotica, the Rat and the Liberal, 2005. Performance view (Ben-tor as Exotica).
Francis Alys, Rehearsal II, 2005. Performance view.
Laurie Simmons, The Music of Regret, 2005. Film still: Act Three.
Coco Fusco, A Room of One's Own, 2005. Performance view.
Christin Marclay, Screen Play, 2005. Performance view (Zeena Parkins and Min Xiao-Fen).


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A short while ago, I gave Catherine Allen the honour of being the Hero of VR in 2016 for some of the big projects she has led the creation of for the BBC, including No Small Talk and Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel. Among her other projects, Catherine is now advising others on how to pursue their career with the Edinburgh TV Festival's Talent Schemes.
Recently she's been mentoring in various ways for quite a few years now, either formally (like at conference, a hackathon or as part of a scheme) or informally, with people she has line managed. I had the opportunity to speak to her about her life, work, and what she has been up to recently.
What has happened since you were named a Hero of VR in 2016?
It's been a fantastic few months. The VR industry has evolved rapidly over the last year or so, and as it's grown, I've been asking myself which part of it I can offer the most value to. The answer now seems really clear: I want to help VR go mainstream by getting to it diverse audiences who wouldn't describe themselves as 'early adopters'. Emerging technology, like VR, is currently way too exclusive; it is predominantly white men making products for white men. VR is such a new medium that we can shape it significantly for future generations.
Don't be afraid to state your ambitions publicly
An industry that is diverse in terms of its workforce and customers is obviously a healthier industry. Since 2016, I have decided to dedicate myself to reaching broad audiences. I've been running workshops with young people, writing for various publications about the public response to VR, speaking at conferences about VR's ethical dimension, and getting stuck into some exciting consultancy projects.
What projects are you currently working on?
I'm currently curating a season of VR in June at one of the UK's leading arts cinemas – Watershed in Bristol. We want to show audiences what VR is really good at, and learn about an effective way to format the participant's viewing experience. The programme isn't announced yet, but to be kept up-to-date on VR Sessions at Watershed you can register for updates here.
How do the Talent Schemes help those who want to get in to VR?
VR is such a new industry that it can be hard for people to know how it is structured, what's opportunities are available and how to progress a career within it. There aren't many go-to industry bodies to go to for information and guidance, in the same way there are for other parts of the media. This is why at this early stage, sharing experience is vital. It is fantastic that EITF are running their talent schemes and including VR, as providing forums to share expertise are crucial right now.
It is also specifically important that VR grows to be the most diverse and healthy industry it can be. Mentoring schemes like the one I am involved with an can address this by fostering talent from a broader range of backgrounds.
What's your top tip to stand out from the crowd in such a competitive industry?
Don't be afraid to state your ambitions publicly. That way others know how best to direct their support towards you. And ignore imposter syndrome – most people feel it at some stage; it's just a sign that you're comfort zone is expanding and that you're growing as an individual.
What are the most common barriers to progressing in the industry?
The most common barrier people face in VR is lack of knowledge about how things work on an industry wide level. The reason why is simple; the structure is still being formed (and you can help form it!). There isn't an established industry body yet. Job titles haven't even been established yet, let alone career routes!
Who was your inspiration when you first entered the industry?
I remember having a wave of motivation to get into VR when Richard Nockles, of Surround Vision and Sky VR delivered his presentation at Sheffield Doc Fest in 2015. He made the industry feel so welcoming and innovative I realised that my skills could be quite a good fit. Almost instantly I realised that VR was something that I could contribute to, and from then on my excitement about the space grew.
There aren't many go-to industry bodies to go to for information and guidance, in the same way there are for other parts of the media. This is why at this early stage, sharing experience is vital.
From a long term perspective, my grandma Joan Levitt MBE has been a huge inspiration to me. She was passionate about innovation in theatre and very influential in the development of 'theatre in the round' (where the audience watch the show from all sides), where she chaired the fundraising for the famous New Vic Theatre in Stoke. There are many parallels between virtual reality and theatre as a whole, however there's even more connection between theatre in the round and VR; as a creator, you have to think about everything from every angle!
What are some of the biggest misconceptions held by people trying to get into the industry?
That VR is super techy and only for gamers, geeks or people who love coding. Yes, there is the hands-on technical side, and that's really important, but there are so many other skills needed in the VR industry, from events management to user testing to theatre directing. It's all just as relevant. A whole industry is forming.
What's the best piece of career advice you've ever been given?
When I was a student, my drama teacher stressed to us that with life you always get out what you put in. Our careers often end up being a reflection of ourselves, so make sure that reflection shows off your best side.
Sounds wonderful. Great to speak to you!
And you too!
There isn't an established industry body yet. Job titles haven't even been established yet, let alone career routes
Submissions for the Edinburgh TV Festival's Talent Schemes are open until April 28.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are enjoying a feast amongst family and/or friends on this joyous occasion. In honor of this holiday, I want to share some things that I am thankful for this year.
Nature: As pictured above, I am thankful for all the beauty in nature. I've drawn so much inspiration from beautiful flowers and the changes in colors of leaves over the year. Nature speaks to my artistic side and brings my creative side out. I am fortunate to live in sunny California and enjoy nature on a regular basis.
I chose a cheesy photo of my dad, wearing my homemade pumpkin spice latte face mask. I forced him to try it out a few weeks ago. I am so fortunate to be close to both of my parents. Over the past six months, I have lost three family members. This time of year makes me appreciate the family that is still alive and in my life. I am luckily I have two happily married parents and extended family that lives close by.
I appreciate my worldly experiences more than anything else. In the past year, I have been fortunate enough to do some traveling. The photo (pictured above) is from my trip to Costa Rica last May. I even did a vlog from my trip! I have also taken a couple trips back to my college town & headed to Las Vegas over the summer. I'm headed back to Vegas next month! Traveling is hands down the best way to spend your money, at least I think so.
I am incredibly grateful to have my boyfriend, Joe, in my life. We have been together for nearly two and half years. I cannot imagine my life without him. Through the ups and downs, he has supported me. I love him and look forward to our future together. The photo above was taken on our most recent trip to our college town.
Finally, I had to include the most recent addition to my little family. My adopted cat Izzie is new furry buddy. She is so sweet and gentle. And she never sheds! She is truly the cleanest cat I've here owned. I am so glad I spotted her in the animal center on that hot day in late September.
These are just a few of the things I am thankful for.
What are you thankful for this year?


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What is Content Marketing Automation?
Content marketing automation is a digital marketing strategy where an organisation uses published online content to create a relationship; demonstrate credibility; develop trust and ultimately sell more product or service to a targeted audience.
There are many names for this type of marketing; digital, online, inbound, content marketing, but to a greater or lesser degree they are variations on a theme.
Too frequently these also come with complex strategies, making delivery seem difficult, but distilled down to it's purest components any type of marketing hinges on four straight-forward steps.
The steps of the process are;
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The goal is to establish your organisation as a trusted partner in the opinion of your audience, and in many cases also establish your company owner or CEO as a "Key Person of Influence" or thought leader in your industry. This notoriety and credibility provide an opportunity for your prospect to connect.
After the initial connection, use email and other content to educate and develop the relationship with key targets. This is also known as nurturing.
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The rate of change in prices for a beer or cocktail at the local pub — a component of the Consumer Price Index — is actually decelerating from a year ago. In fact, the annual change in prices for data processing, recreation, lodging, medical services and tuition are all showing a downward trend, according to David Rosenberg's analysis of the government's CPI data.
With all the hubbub about $100 oil, surging food prices, along with the comparisons to the 1970s, Rosenberg, who is chief economist & strategist at Gluskin Sheff, is trying to make the point that the U.S. is now primarily a service economy, with these industries accounting for much of our employment and two-thirds of our spending.
"Service sector inflation is now running at historical lows of little more than one percent, and here we are about to enter the third year of a statistical economic recovery," said Rosenberg, formerly the economist at Merrill Lynch where he made his name for going against the perma-bullish Wall Street crowd. "Service sector inflation used to be sticky, because this area of the economy years ago was dominated by unions, was protected by entry barriers and did not face much in the way of competitive pressures."
"The times have changed," wrote Rosenberg in a note to clients Tuesday.
Oil prices topped $110 a barrel and wheat added to its more than 60 percent 12-month gain on Tuesday. But the economist knocks down the notion that higher prices for these commodities will spark inflation for the rest of the economy. He argues that if service providers try to pass through prices to cover these higher input costs, the consumer will just stop spending, leading to demand destruction and a deflationary recession.
"Commodity-based economies have a serious inflation problem because food and energy are so crucial to that smokestack, low-income model," said Steve Cortes of Veracruz LLC. "But in a services-based economy like the US, many areas are outright deflating, like technology, and many more key areas churning sideways: professional services, brokerage of all kinds, hotels. Inflationary periods like the 1970s start with wage inflation, which is sorely missing from this recovery."
Indeed, Rosenberg found there is an 88 percent correlation between wages and inflation and wages today, adjusted for productivity gains, are declining on an annual basis. Don't look for that to change anytime soon with unemployment still above 8 percent. Maybe that's why the Federal Reserve says it has a dual mandate of stable prices and full employment.
Meanwhile, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is taking big hits, from economists, leaders of nations, and even other members of the central bank's Open Market Committee, for keeping rates effectively negative through his ongoing purchases of Treasury securities, the infamous 'QE2.' They say this easy money is responsible for the spike in commodities, which overshadows the slack in services, housing and wages and will lead to out of control inflation.
But what Rosenberg and others are saying is that Bernanke is shooting blanks. The Fed may be printing money, but it's not multiplying through the economy like it once did. That's because banks are not using it to extend credit, said the economist. Also, our economy has generally become more resistant to the Fed's reflation powers because of productivity gains from technology and globalization, the doves say.
"The money multiplier has been broken for quite some time, and recently it is going lower," said Brian Kelly of Brian Kelly Capital, citing money supply data that for every $1 punped into the economy only 76 cents is being created,. "In effect, monetary policy has been losing its potency for 30 years. What the Fed is doing now is stepping in the gas while the tires spin in the mud."
To be sure, the overall CPI index released last week showed a 2.7 percent annual increase in March, the biggest jump since Dec. 2009. Excluding food and energy, prices increased by 1.2 percent.
"The U.S. has never had deflation with rising money supply and stock prices," said Joe Lavorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank. "In fact, last quarter the CPI rose over 5 percent, the PPI was up 13 percent, and inflation expectations were well above 3 percent. This is not the stuff of deflation."
It seems the majority of economists and investors are in the Lavorgna camp and expect the Fed to ease off the pedal this year. Still, there are new factors that could swing the inflation vs. deflation argument back in Rosenberg's favor, and Bernanke's, for that matter.
Standard & Poor's cut their outlook Monday on U.S. debt to negative. If the country is going to keep its triple-A rating and the low borrowing costs that come with it, Congress is going to be forced to do a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes, the agency said.
Rosenberg's argument is not that far-fetched because "the U.S. recovery has been far more tepid than normally the case," said Sean Egan, President of Egan-Jones Ratings, who changed their U.S. outlook to negative back in March. "And sovereign-crisis related austerity measures and tax increases are deflationary."
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Richard Adkins, died bef. 1657 in Va.
"Gleanings of Virginia", pg. 33 lists a Richard Adkins. Some beleive this Richard married a Amy Bell and both died before 1657 in VA. Amy had two brothers also in VA. I possess a good descendancy report of the brothers,but not of Richard and Amy. All were first time voyagers from England. Can anyone tell me more about Richard Adkins?
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Methodism in Consett
In 1843 services were held in the open air by Joseph Hutchinson, John W Davison and William Bell, all members of the first Methodist Church in the area, built at Shotley Bridge in 1814.
Rev R Tabraham visited Consett in 1844 and a "class" was formed by Joseph Dover of Blackhill. Joseph Philipson and his wife, Thomas Ferry, John Murray and Margaret Gladders were among the first members of the "class". (A Methodist class was a small group of people meeting together for worship in a house led by a "class" leader.) The first services were held in the house of Thomas Ferry at Trafalgar Street, Consett and were known as Primitive Methodist services. The Primitive Methodist Church was built in Front Street, Consett in 1865 and a schoolroom was added in 1886. The need for larger premises was felt necessary but it was not until 1908 that a site was purchased, in Station Road, from Consett Iron Company for £250, (one third of its market value). The first effort towards the Building Fund was a four-day bazaar in the new Town Hall, which raised £1,000. The northern area of the site was designated for schools; the southern area contained the Church, which was to be stone built in Cruciform Gothic Style. The church was opened on 28th March 1913, and could seat 600 people.
In 1845 Mr John Dickinson came to the town and commenced another class meeting. A Wesleyan Church was built in Front Street, Consett in 1849 costing £299 1s 0d and opened on 2nd September 1849, which was rebuilt in 1871, the foundation stone was laid on 17th July 1871, by John Dickinson and the cost of the church was £1,400. The ladies held a bazaar in the shell of the new building, and by their marvellous energy raised about £500. The Rev. J.S. Workman preached the opening sermons, from Matthew 9: 36, and Matthew 3: 11, on April 17th, 1872. The Divine glory filled the place and it was consecrated by several conversions. A Mr Fletcher sold 3 cottages at the back of the chapel and they were converted into a school room. A day school was opened at Gibson Street. The Wesleyan Chapel was rebuilt in Middle Street, Consett in Gothic style and opened on 22nd September 1893, and in 1896 the Sunday School premises were opened. All pews in the new church were "free of charge", previously pews were rented and there were few left for other people wishing to come to services. The church could seat 950 people. The total cost was £13,168.7.10, and this was fully cleared in just fifteen years. Three famous bazaars, "The Egyptian Bazaar" of 1891, "The Venetian Bazaar" of 1898 and "The Old English Bazaar" of 1907, alone brought in nearly £4,000.
Original Avenue Church
Middle Street Church
Due to a decrease in membership, high cost of repairs and the amalgamation of both Primitive and Wesleyan Churches in 1932, both Methodist churches in Consett decided to amalgamate and become one church, Consett Methodist Church. They closed in 1968 and the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Middle Street was sold to Liptons Supermarket (now In-Shops) and the Primitive Methodist Church at The Avenue was demolished and the new church built on that site. While there was no Methodist Church to worship in during this time, the Methodist people shared the Baptist Church and the Gospel Hall in Front Street, for approximately two years. A stone laying ceremony was held 14th September 1970 and the church opened on 5th December 1970, the Methodist Minister was Rev. Peter Dolling.
Since 1970 the church premises have been extended twice giving extra rooms for meetings.


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News for 2011
- Four new date routines added to Code Snippets Database
Four new routines have been added to the Code Snippets Database's Date and Time category. They are named DateMonthStart, DateMonthEnd, DateYearStart and DateYearEnd and provide the date of the start and end of the month or year that contains a given date.
- Three new string routines added to Code Snippets Database
Three new string management routines have been added to the Code Snippets Database. ReverseStr and ReverseStrR both reverse the given string, with ReverseStrR using recursion. The other routine is StripAccelChars which removes any accelerator or shortcut characters ('&') from a given string.
- Stream Extension Classes documentation expanded and moved to Wiki.
Documentation of the Stream Extension Classes has been moved from Google Code to the DelphiDabbler wiki. It's also been greatly expanded.
- New "Delphi Notes" section added to Wiki
A new "Delphi Notes" section has been added to the Wiki. This section provides information on Delphi compilers and the IDE. The first three pages give details of version numbers, Delphi features and when they were added to the compiler, and IDE editor keyboard shortcuts.
- Error fixed in article#14, How to load and save documents in TWebBrowser in a Delphi-like way
Ivan Kozhuharov has pointed out an error in one of this article's supporting functions. This has now been fixed both in the article and in the accompanying demo code. You need to get the updated code if you are building the demo - there may be spurious results if you don't.
- New mathematics routines added to Code Snippets Database for testing maximum, minimum and mid values
Overloaded versions of http://delphidabbler.com/url/1111three different routines have been added to the Code Snippets Database. They are: to find the minimum value of an array, MaxOfArray finds the maximum value of an array and Mid finds the middle of three values. Single, Double, Extended, Integer and Int64 overloads are provided for each routine. If you are using the CodeSnip program you need v3.0 or later to view these routines.
- Code Snippets Database IsValidFileName routine modified to compile without warnings
The Code Snippets Database's IsValidFileName routine has been modified to compile without warnings on Unicode versions of Delphi.
- Fixed errors in Code Snippets Database
Some overloaded routines were visible to v1 and v2 of CodeSnip program and caused compilation problems. These routines were changed so that they are visible only to CodeSnip v3. A compilation error in the SysImageListHandleEx was also fixed.
- New Maths routines added to Code Snippets Database
Seven new mathematics routines have been added to the Code Snippets Database. They include recursive versions of the Greatest Common Divisor routine (GCD2) and digit counting routines (DigitCountR). There is also a new DigitSum routine for adding the digits of an integer. Finally there are overloaded routines for resizing and stretching rectangles (ResizeRect and StretchRect).
- CodeSnip v3.9.0 released
CodeSnip v3.9.0 has been released. This version adds support for test compilation of snippets using the Delphi XE2 32 bit compiler. Support for the 64 bit compiler will hopefully come later. I've had to add this support without access to XE2, so if you have it please let me know if the update has been successful!!
- Version Information Spy 7.2.0 released
Version 7.2.0 of Version Information Spy has been released. This version fixes a few reported issues by at last converting to HTML help and fixing some UI problems. The program is now compiled with Delphi 2010 and supports Unicode.
- Extended String Property Editor now documented on the Wiki
Both versions 1 and 2 of the Extended String Property Editor are now documented on the DelphiDabbler wiki. There is a different user guide for each version. The help button on the v2 editor links to the v2 guide.


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Press release
PM call with Prime Minister Renzi, 25 February 2015
David Cameron spoke with Prime Minister Renzi of Italy this afternoon about the situation in Ukraine and Libya.
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Renzi of Italy this afternoon about the situation in Ukraine. They agreed on the importance of the EU and US sending a clear and united message to President Putin that the Minsk agreements must be implemented in full. They also agreed on the need to bolster the capacity of the OSCE monitoring mission to ensure that it could properly monitor implementation on the ground.
They also discussed the situation in Libya. Both are concerned about the deteriorating situation on the ground and they agreed that the international community must redouble efforts to help bring about a national unity government. Both leaders agreed that the best way forward was through backing the UN-led talks process while working closely with partners in the region, particularly Libya's neighbours.


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The following arrest bookings were listed in the Coweta County Jail. The arresting departments are noted: Coweta County Sheriff's Office (CCSO), Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Coweta Probation (CPRB), Child Support (CLDS), Crime Suppression Unit (CSU), District Court (DC), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Georgia Department of Public Safety (DOPS), Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR), Georgia State Patrol (GSP), Grantville City Court (GRTV), Grantville Police Department (GPD), Magistrate Court (MAG), Newnan City Court (NWCT), Newnan Police Department (NPD), Newnan Probation (NPRB), Palmetto Police Department (PPD), Department of Community Supervision (PARL), Private Investigator (PRIV), Senoia City Court (SNCT), Senoia Police Department (SPD), State Probation (STPR), Superior Court (SUP), U.S. Marshals (USM), or others.
Violation of probation or parole is listed as VOP, violation of the Georgia controlled substance act is listed as VGCSA, failure to appear is noted as FTA, hold for other agency is listed as HOA, family violence act is listed as FVA, failure to maintain lane is listed as FTML and driving under the influence is abbreviated DUI.
All persons arrested, except those held by orders of the magistrate or those arrested for violation of probation, are released from custody after posting bond or paying a fine.
The following arrest bookings were listed in the Coweta County Jail. The arresting departments are noted:
July 12
Hand, Derek Damon, 42 - narcotics possession, NPD
Hansen, Christopher Halver-Gene, 30 - battery aggravated, CCSO
Olsen, Brandy Rae, 34 - FTML, DUI, CCSO
Padgett, Robert Wells II, 34 - suspended license, operating vehicle without registration, GSP
Ruff, Matthew Lee, 45 - marijuana possession (misdemeanor), speeding, CCSO
Thrasher, Ronald Steven, 27 - operating vehicle without registration, suspended license, safety belts usage, GPD
July 13
Bondar, Jeanne Marie, 56 - DUI, FTML, open container, CCSO
Calderon, Gabriel Alexander, 19 - narcotics possession, DUI, open container, FTML, CCSO
Chastain, Benjamin Chad, 31 - marijuana possession (misdemeanor), CCSO
Clark, Stephanie Ann, 44 - probation violation, theft by deception (two counts), giving false name to officers, NPD
Driver, Rocky Lee, 60 - DUI, safety belts usage, CCSO
Flournoy, Sarah Marie, 22 - bribery, giving false name to officers, obstruction of officers, CCSO
George, Dwayne Nigel, 47 - HOA
Henderson, Ashton Leven III, 49 - probation violation, CPRB
Holliday, Courtney Chade, 22 - probation violation, CPRB
Pearce, Alexander David, 24 - criminal trespass, CCSO
Rosenberry, Glen Derrick, 60 - probation violation, CPRB
Smith, Brian Lavar, 30 - narcotics possession, suspended license, CCSO
Smith, Shadrarious Lushun, 24 - suspended license, NPD
Wallstedt, Cindy Lee, 40 - assault, CCSO
Wolters, John Clark, 31 - suspended license, speeding, CCSO
July 14
Appling, Lakeisha Shentil, 39 - probation violation, CPRB
Coley, Bruce Lee Jr., 44 - FTA, SUP
Galloway, Joseph Lawrence, 51 - HOA
Martin, Ashley Keshea, 28 - FTML, DUI, CCSO
Martin, Mary Ellen, 53 - shoplifting, CCSO
Martinez, Juan Guevara, 61 - criminal trespass, theft by taking, NPD
Olguin Cruz, Johann Yamir, 19 - driving without license, no proof of insurance, CCSO
Parks, Ebony Chanti, 32 - probation violation, CPRB
Pinkney, Courtney Latrice, 27 - FTA, SUP
Reid, Edward Lamar, 60 -probation violation, STPR
Richardson, Rocky Dewain, 33 - narcotics possession, marijuana possession, reckless driving, FTML, failure to yield to emergency vehicle. CCSO
July 15
Clark, Anthony Devin, 29 - HOA
Johnson, Matthew Scott, 31 - theft by shoplifting, CCSO
Parks, Gabriel Lorenzo, 32 - contempt of superior court, CLDS
Smith, Tarean Krine Herve, 34 - speeding, DUI, GSP
Weaver, Jacob Anthony, 26 - DUI drugs, FTML, CCSO
Williams, Reginald Deshaun, 18 - DUI under 21, open container, headlights required, marijuana possession (misdemeanor), CCSO
July 16
Alford, Jerrell Marquez, 22 - suspended license, NPD
Buchanan, Deanna Lasha, 31 - DUI drugs, CCSO
Gordon, Thomas Alvin, 55 - obstruction of officers, criminal damage to property, battery, NPD
Holloway, Herman Lee, 58 - probation violation, giving false name to officers, failure to comply, STPR, CCSO, SUP
Hosmer, Alex Michael, 17 - theft by receiving stolen property, NPD
Snyder, Tabitha McKay, 18 - marijuana possession (misdemeanor), NPD
Thomas, Nicholas Derrick, 24 - marijuana possession, CCSO
Waters, Jennifer Renee, 31 - probation violation, STPR
Williams, Matthew Chandler, 19 - FTML, DUI drugs, CCSO
July 17
Amey, Zechariah, 24 - suspended license, CCSO
Arrington, Susan Nicole, 42 - probation violation, STPR
Barrier, Demica Avril, 25 - theft by taking (auto), FTA, NPD, STA
Brooks, Vidal Fernando, 44 - driving without license, SPD
Cook, Kevin Allen, 40 - suspended license, CCSO
Elliot, Jessica Lee, 29 - battery, criminal trespass, CCSO
Galarsa-Ibarra, Juan Francisco, 47 - driving while unlicensed, suspended registration, CCSO
Guggino, Jessica Lynne, 26 - HOA
Johnson, Larry Darnell, 27 - battery, CCSO
Kendrick, Jade Alyssa, 20 - battery, NPD
Lafara, Christopher Luke, 47 - probation violation, STPR
Shilts, Devin Mitchell, 19 - suspended license, speeding, CCSO
Smallwood, Kelly Lee, 48 - probation violation, CPRB
White, Lanadia Salon, 19 - marijuana possession (misdemeanor), NPD
Yarbrough, Joe Glenn, 44 - stop sign violation, DUI, open container, GSP
July 18
Barner, Marcus Bernard, 44 - HOA
Birk, Damon Carl, 47 - suspended license, CCSO
Buchannan, Christopher Glenn, 37 - battery, obstruction of officers, riot in a penal institution, CCSO
Chavez, Rogelio Humberto, 38 - marijuana possession (misdemeanor), narcotics possession, windshield wipers required, CCSO
Cole, Calvin Patrick, 42 - suspended license, speeding, CCSO
Cook, Blake Tremez, 31 - suspended license, FTML, NPD
Cortez-Garay, Cesar Orlando, 21- no proof of insurance, suspended license, CCSO
Hall, Derayl Lee, 26 - probation violation, SUP
Haynes, Amber Beth, 36 - FTA, SUP
Squires, Dylan Matthew, 19 - reckless driving, speeding, CCSO
Thomas, Christopher Bernard, 47 - child restraint violation, suspended license, NPD
Thompson, Terrence, 23 - probation violation, CPRB
Thornton, Michael Dylan, 19 - HOA


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Critics Fire Blanks
For more information see the Flash Radar and High Strangeness web sites
On Tuesday, December 8th, and Wednesday December 9th, "NASA Sources" began what amounted to a full court press disinformation campaign against the data posted by TEM concerning the bizarre Arizona weather and "EMP event" of December 7th. In e-mails sent to UFO researchers and certain media outlets, these sources claimed that our reference to "ELF" in the original "Smoking Gun" update was a "lie" because ELF was a triangular array in Minnesota for submarine communications which "has no radiation." These sources cited the facility commander as his source for this information. What these geniuses evidently failed to grasp was that our reference had nothing to do with a facility called "ELF," but was concerning Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) waves themselves, which we suspected (and reported) were being generated from HAARP, not some obscure Naval facility in the Midwest. In addition, ELF is by definition electromagnetic radiation, and therefore a radiated energy. This source also claims that the facility is in "Black Duck" Minnesota. As near as we can tell, there is no such place. However, there is a Black Duck, Wisconsin near where this Naval facility is supposedly located, which is actually Clam Lake, Wisconsin. This also just happens to be the center point of another "radar burst" back on November 6th/7th (GMT).
This source, with no attribution whatsoever, also claimed that the presented .GIF was "manufactured" (by us!). His primary reason for this conclusion was that it depicted "tornadic activity." Tornadoes, of course, are vorticular clouds and fit the "Hyperdimensional" model of the devices we are speculating created the pulse effect. And since we now have independent confirmation of the Arizona ring from the Nexrad Radar archives (This archive only goes back ten days, so it will be stale by December 17th), we think it will be hard for this "NASA source" to support for much longer his own completely spurious claim, let alone prove it.
Another noise maker who has been working closely with "Paul Dore" has asserted a number equally bogus claims. Primarily, he has asserts he has "proven" that HAARP is not a "Tesla device" based a single sentence made in a 1919 article by Tesla. Curiously, this article was not made readily available within the critique. Of course, you can get the article from this critic's web page -- for six bucks. (Thanks but we'll hang on to our wallets.) And in spite of this critic's claims, there is plenty of reason to suspect that HAARP's technology is based on ideas originally developed by Tesla or Eastlund (which, is why we provided a link which discussed this openly and in a balanced manner). "Tesla devices" have also become a sort of generic "brand name" for a whole host of technologies based on scalar (hyperdimensional) physics, and this was certainly the intent behind our use of this phrase. In any event, our piece is not dependant on HAARP itself necessarily being a "Tesla device," despite attempts by critics to make it seem as if the whole article hinges on this single issue. Rather, this aspect is based on the proven ability of HAARP, via conventional physics and engineering, to affect the entire ionospheric/stratospheric/troposheric boundary and thus lower atmospheric weather. Walter Orr Roberts 20 year study of solar ionospheric interactions and drought cycles in the American Southwest amply demonstrates this.
We were also attacked for providing the link to the HAARP database. Our critic claimed that the data was still available and not missing. He evidently missed these four words in a previous paragraph; "as of this writing." The links are no longer valid since more information is added to the database daily and old pages are moved. [I did not know this would be the case when I initially authored the piece - MB.] But, despite what these critics are claiming, I have revisited the pages a number of times and numerous thumbnails are still broken and the page in question (listed as "7 Dec 02:59 UT") still has 4 fractured links, including the critical one closest to the "EMP event," marked "07 Dec 1998/02:44 UT/-17:44 LT."
The other focus of these attacks on Enterprise is the HAARP ionographs presented in this article. The critic claims that these data represent "what is happening with the ionosphere." He later attributes this solely to "solar activity." At least one researcher has found that there is no increased Solar activity during the period in question. HAARP (and the other "ionospheric burners") sends energy through the ionosphere when it is in operation, and the Digisonde would pick this up along with any "solar activity." So to claim that this data shows only "solar activity" is at best deceptive. Of course, there are many debunkers who claim that HAARP lacks the power to affect the ionosphere except locally over the device. All these claims are based on the publicly available data for the device and depend on the assumption that this information is full and complete.
But what about the radar?
What is always important in dissecting an attack like this is not what they say, but what they don't say ... what they avoid talking about at all costs. This attack on our HAARP analysis completely ignores the other critical hard data -- the anomalous radar returns off "something" -- in favor of this nit-picking over semantics and weather or not HAARP is technically a "Tesla device." This is a variation of what we affectionately call around here the "Kal Korff" defense. You avoid talking about the hard data at all costs and focus instead on some small issue, distort the hell out of it, and then try to sell that as the most critical part of the story.
What we can expect, as we get closer to "the truth," is for these attacks to increase both in frequency and intensity ... even as these increasingly extraordinary developments continue to unfold.
Radar returns continue to show the affects of amazing "scalar technologies" at work over the continental United States.
One of the most prominent (which we have nick named "The Amarillo Pulsar") continues to operate at high intensity. These returns from Saturday the 12th indicate that whatever the purpose of these devices (which, at this early stage could either be deliberate weather modification or large area projectile defense - or both), they are operating and demonstrably impacting the environment around them.
Ken Johnston, a 30 year NASA veteran, has correlated many of these locations to military bases and installations. In addition, we have found (after just a rudimentary examination of the maps) that these "EMP facilities" (or whatever they are) seem to be located at or near towns with some very clever symbolic names. For instance, there is a peak called "White Horse" (Pegasus/Pale Horse) very near Turret Peak in Arizona (and where there were some odd aerial phenomena the night of the 7th). Another facility seems to be centered around Phoenix, Oregon, and one in Pyramid, Nevada, and so on. A more detailed report will follow in the next few days.
Obviously, there is absolutely no "conventional" explanation for what this data represents, especially the radar. And, we are happy to report official, honest Washington sources have taken an interest.
Stay Tuned ....


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In addition to weekly worship on Sunday, Morning and Evening Prayer have been a mainstay to the worship of God and the growth of a Christian in the Anglican tradition for hundreds of years. Christ Church Anglican Mission is pleased to offer, Tuesday-Friday, Morning Prayer at 9:30 a.m. and Evening Prayer at 4:30 p.m.
Daily Prayer is usually held in the Front Office/Chapel and not the main Church.
Because our vicar is occasionally absent or may be called away suddenly, it is always wise to either check if this is your first visit to Morning, Noon, or Evening Prayer. We look forward to having you join us!


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Well what a plesant suprise to find so many people enjoying their RL's, We have been based in Port Stephens for many years, with the Myall Lakes nearby it is just magic, but thats another story.
I am looking to replace the Rudder Blade on our much loved RL34, we have been fighting a loosing battle with osmosis in the rudder for many years and I have concerns about its long term integrity. The Rudder is swing mounted on a cast tiller assembly. Does anyone know where I could buy a new one !! :-), or arrange to have one made
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Why not have a go at making one yourself. Use ply or the proper foam core and just build up the layers with glass and resin. It is a very easy shape to reproduce and I don't believe a true aerofoil shape is really required. Anyway you have one to copy. A good chandlery can advise you what glass to use and how many layers you will need. It is also worth contacting the resin manufacturers - they can be very helpful. They also have brochures and probably web pages to describe the process step-by-step. The bigger boat shows always have stands with retailers of foam core, resin and glass.
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We hear the stories often–camp directors who work so hard and long that they don't have time to enjoy their own lives. A work/life balance sometimes seems impossible.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Case in point: Sheryl Gilmore.
Sheryl runs an amazing camp called Acadia Institute of Oceanography. Her camp gives science-minded kids (which, let's face it, is virtually EVERY kid at some point in their lives) a very hands-on experience not only in a classroom, but also in the lab, the field, and even offshore.
Sheryl's operation is located in a historic building, which renders her "land-locked," so growth is not her goal.
But there was a time when the economy hit her camp hard and she, like most every other camp director, had to look to the future. Her solution was…well, our solution: Camp & Class Manager software that allowed her to take her camp online. She saw a steady return to capacity.
But if Sheryl's goal isn't growth, what is it?
Getting Her Life Back
Like most people who choose to invest themselves in shaping the next generation, Sheryl's career focus was based on her skillset: her education, expertise in and enjoyment of the field of oceanography. You can see by looking at the images on Acadia's website that this has to be one of the most interesting jobs ever!
It seems to align with Confucius famous observation: "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
But no matter how much you love the focus of your camp, directors' attention is usually pulled toward the business and administrative side of running the camp.
A camp success story–for the kinds of people who are drawn to this industry–will never be calculated completely on financial success. After all, if your job stresses you out and diminishes your quality of life, how is that success?
The true measure of Acadia's success story is Sheryl's statement, "Now I have time to enjoy my life."
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Edinburgh Monarchs' American star Ricky Wells doesn't enjoy settling for second best which is why he has vowed to recapture the form which set him apart from his rivals at the start of this season.
Wells, who survived a heavy crash with Redcar's Charles Wright last week, has been passed fit to ride in tonight's tough looking showdown with play-off contenders Ipswich Witches at Armadale with Monarchs seeking quick revenge for their 50-39 defeat in Suffolk eight days ago.
Wells is seeking an upturn in his scoring over the second half of the season and says he has the mental attitude needed to make it happen.
"Everything was working very well at the beginning of the season, everything seemed easy and I wish to continue like that. I've gone down a little since then, a few unlucky things have affected my scoring. I lost a backchain and then I had a couple of crashes, and that's kind of frustrating a little bit and the past seven days haven't been the best for me.
"Overall I don't know if I've reached a plateau or not, my home form is still up there. I started off with two 15 point maximums and I'm upset that now I'm scoring 12 or 13 and getting second or third places, I don't like that."
Wells went on: "I'm very competitive and I've been in the workshop to try and get back to basics. To get those 15 point maximums back again would be nice.
"It's still a long season, there's four months still to go. The team is doing good, but for myself I think I have to get back to how I began the campaign.
"My needs change and that is what holding me back at the moment."
Wells says the team is in good shape as they head into the business end of the season. "I think so," said Wells. "Obviously Max (Clegg) started off in the main body of the team and struggled and dropped down to reserve. Now he is back in the team proper again swapping places with Josh (Pickering) who has dropped down to reserve.
"Josh being at reserve should see him scoring points again and it's time for Max to ignore the number on his back and keep doing what he did at reserve. He saved us a few times."
Wells isn't just a heat leader he takes a keen interest in how some of his younger team-mates are progressing, especially Josh. Said Wells: "Being at reserve helped Max out and hopefully the switch will help Josh, but he needs to work on his gating.
"A lot of the away tracks are gaters' tracks and you have to do something pretty special to get round them, and Josh is still trying to figure things out.
"The best thing about Josh is he's no quitter. He keeps trying, giving 100 per cent effort to his racing. He has come to grief a few times trying to score points.
"Even I get mad at him and wish he'd settle for second or third places instead of going for the win all the time. But you can't knock him too much for trying."
While his scoring is down a bit, Wells is full of praise for skipper Sam Masters and says: "Sam was down at No.5 but is back at No.1 again, and I think he is back to his old self. He got a 15 point maximum against Redcar last Friday which was good to see."
A perfectionist he may be, but Wells is realistic enough to know that patience will once again see him delivering the top scores he craves. "I'm scoring 12 or 13 at home and I was speaking to team manager Alex Harkess and he said 'that's good'. I only scored six points last week but that was down to my fall.
"With the amount of rain we had against Redcar we were lucky to be racing, and the track had nothing to do with my crash. People moaned about the track, but myself, Ben Barker and Erik (Riss) were all fine with it.
"The week before Kenneth Hansen was crying about the track, if he feels like that he shouldn't make the trip up. We're riding speedway, we are not on easy street any more. We are not here to cater for the away riders."
Ipswich will be the first team to visit Armadale this year with a complete 1-7 line-up. And in Danny King, Rory Schelin and Justin Sedgmen, they have three top riders who are all Armadale experts. Monarchs will all have to be on their game to achieve a positive result.


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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
On Tuesday we were able to go to Interlacken, Switzerland. It was so gorgeous! We were able to go up one of the mountains and eat dessert up there. It was so cold, but the view was spectacular. Even though it was a cold, rainy day the views did not disappoint. We were also able to go on a carriage ride and rent electric bikes to ride through the city.
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Driving to Switzerland and stopping in Germany
On Monday we drove, drove, and did some more driving. Our car (more like a small bus for Europe) started acting funny and then something popped and the gears wouldn't work right. We were on the autobahn not being able to go past second gear. I bet the Europeans loved us. Luckily, we were able to find a car repair garage right off the road in the next city we came to, and our car was able to get fixed very fast. What a blessing! We were able to stop in Germany on our way to Switzerland and go see the Neuschwanstein castle. That is the castle Disneyland modeled the sleeping beauty castle after supposedly. It was amazing! After that we went to a restaurant called Triple XL. They had the biggest xxxl burger I have ever seen! I couldn't even finish my single.
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gazebo from Sound of Music!
After leaving their house, we got to go to the place where the gazebo scene from The Sound of Music was filmed!
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Sunday in Salzburg
On Sunday we were able to go to church. That was our third ward in three weeks :) The language is completely different but the church is the same no matter where you are. We were lucky enough to be able to have a wonder home cooked meal after at the family's house we hung out with on Saturday. It was so fun seeing everybody again. I loved playing with the baby Theo (pronounced Teo).
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Touring Salzburg
On Saturday we were fortunate enough to be able to meet with a family my dad knew back when he was on his mission. We got to go to the Salzburg castle and see some sites around it, and we also got to see where Silent Night was written! It was really cool being able to meet all these people my dad knew from so many years ago.
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We drove on Friday to Salzburg! It was such a rainy day that day. When we got there we got to explore the city a little and go shopping. We also went in the littlest swimming I have ever seen back at the hotel.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Dinner on Wednesday.
It was crazy we went to this little restaurant near Halstatt and we ended up seeing the Radovan's son and his wife Christian and Karyn. What a small world! At the restaurant I ate calf's tongue!
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more pictures of wednesday
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Wednesday in Halstatt
Wow on Wednesday I think we were in seriously one the most beautiful places in the entire world. The countryside where we were was breathtaking! We got to go tour the salt mines and the ice caves. It was really cool!
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more mauthausen pictures
They had the gas chamber with the fake shower pipes here. They also had a table where cruel experiments were taken place. One people died, they also took out their gold fillings on this table. The people that were kept alive were forced to work in the stone quarry next to the camp. Every single day they had to climb these stairs cut out of the mountain with heavy boulders on their shoulders. The wilderness around the stone quarry would be gorgeous if you didn't know what happened here.
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Tuesday at Mauthausen Concentration Camp
Tuesday was a very interesting day. We were able to go to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp and tour it. We also got to see an hour long movie about what all happened there. I have always been so intrigued by the Holocaust and how one man could persuade so many people to turn on their neighbors the Jewish people. Going to the camp didn't diminish but instead heightened those feelings. I cannot wrap my brain around how the SS officers could play with their kids and being loving fathers and husbands and while they were at "work" murder thousands upon thousands of countless innocent victims of racial profiling.
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The Zubbas' Nest
|The Zubbas' Nest
|A picture of inside the Zubbas' Nest during the autumn season.
|Sub Locations
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|Eyrie's Nest, Nabnut's House, Gnawty's House, The Tree House, The Bramble Field, The Zubbas' Nest, Gobi's Garden, Click Clock Wood Pond, Click Clock Wood Entrance Garden
The Zubbas' Nest is a medium sized golden nest which can be found attached to the large tree inside Click Clock Wood. The Zubbas' Nest is home to the Zubbas, small bee like creatures. During the spring season, you will be able to get into the Zubbas' Nest in bee transformation (from Mumbo Jumbo transforming you in Mumbo's Skull, found by The Bramble Field). In the spring time, you will be able to obtain a small Jinjo. During the summer time, Banjo and Kazooie will be able to enter the nest by breaking through the top. All of the Zubbas will begin to attack Banjo and Kazooie to obtain a Jiggie. During the autumn season, the nest will be completely cleared out except for a single Zubba remaining. There will be two Caterpillars inside the nest, and a couple of Musical Notes that can be obtained.
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The Zubbas are bee like characters that act as a boss in Click Clock Wood. They will attack Banjo and Kazooie by flying at them.


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Myomatous Uterus
Definition - What does Myomatous Uterus mean?
A myomatous uterus is a uterus affected by non-cancerous growths called myomas or otherwise known as uterine fibroids. Fibroids may change the shape, structure, and integrity of the uterine cavity. Fibroids can be both a symptom and a cause of infertility, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure and miscarriage. Fibroids may also cause other health complications and may require treatment in order to conceive or carry a pregnancy to term.
FertilitySmarts explains Myomatous Uterus
Fibroids are a common health problem for women of childbearing age. Many women with fibroids experience no symptoms. However, some fibroids in certain locations, quantities, or size may incur:
- Abnormal menstruation
- Longer, heavier menstruation
- Severe menstrual cramping
- Bleeding in between periods
- Frequent urination
- Abdominal pain or swelling
There are multiple types of fibroids, categorized by location of growth within the layers of the uterine muscle.
- Subserosal fibroids are the most common and occur in the outer wall of the uterus
- Intramural fibroids are somewhat common and occur in the middle, muscular layer of the uterus
- Submucosal fibroids are rare and protrude into the uterine cavity
Typically, fibroid size can range from the size of a small coin to a large melon. However, pregnancy is known to exacerbate the growth of fibroids, as a result of high levels of hormones. Consequently, fibroids can responsible for implantation failure, miscarriage, recurrent miscarriage, and inability to carry a pregnancy full term. There are several ways fibroids induce infertility or endanger pregnancy:
- Restrict blood flow to the uterus, damaging the endometrial layer and challenging implantation
- Changing the shape of the uterine cavity
- Interfering with sperm passing through the cervix
- Encroach on fetus' growing space
- Disrupt fetal positioning
Fibroid treatment is based on the symptoms and complications of the growths. Treatment falls into two categories: medication or surgery.
Medication used to treat fibroids includes:
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists
- Progestin
- Laparoscopic myomectomy
- Open myomectomy
- Uterine fibroid embolization
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Intellect is all about knowledge and people. True to its future-ready DNA, Intellect drives high performance and high productivity not through conventional processes, but by designing the workplace of tomorrow – 'Workplace Next'.
So what is it that sets apart Workplace Next? In two words – Emotional Content. This is the elusive ingredient that keeps entrepreneurships with 20 or 50 people fired up, but disappears when the company scales up. Intellect nurtures and preserves this emotional content – the soul of a startup.
No More Employees! - The word employee is derogatory. It belittles talent. Any contributing member of a high-performance team is on the same level. The mindset, the employee-employer relationship, must change. At Intellect, there are only 'Associates'. No employees.
Work is Engagement - There is no question of engaging an associate through artificial means. Work itself should engage. It is a matter of aligning challenge and competency. If the challenge is 20% higher than competency, the associate is always in flow.
The 4 Cs - The associate brings a lot into the system. He comes with knowledge. He brings content. And it is up to the organisation to provide context. He/she is then given the opportunity to connect with the customer and equipped to effectively communicate, to influence.
Coach, not manager - Transactional communication must become conversation. And a manager must become a coach, to get the best out of the associate. The coach's role is to identify the blind spot the associate might have, to discover not just known unknowns, but to identify the unknown that the associate does not yet realise he/she needs to know.
Octopus: Facebook for Corporates - But what sort of a system can support the sort of dialogue that transforms a transactional communication into a constant conversation? Well, there are technologies on the outside - WhatsApp or Facebook for instance. The challenge is to bring them into an organisation. The solution is an enterprise social network! Built on the IBM Connect platform, Intellect has Octopus, its very own ESN, replete with social circles, virtual project rooms and knowledge circles, all on the same platform. The work conversations thus continue, without any obstruction to the social circle.
Family, the fulcrum - The human connection is as vital as the virtual one. At Intellect, there is a strong corporate community where associates support one another and share a bond beyond the workplace. Spending evenings together, celebrating festivals together. And the Intellect community includes the associate's family as much as the associate. No celebration is perfunctory, no gathering is forced. Family is engaged with a purpose, and recognized for what it is - the biggest support system of an associate.
Structures with soul - What part does the physical structure of the workplace play? Simply put, it supports all the other elements of the ideal workplace. A Harvard study showed that cubicle environments block associates into holes, cuts them off from each other. A collaborative, open environment, on the other hand, upped productivity by 40%. Throw in sufficient amounts of freedom and privacy, and productivity thrives. Intellect goes one further. Mix tactile thinking with work thinking. Panels and panels of white board space and glass, the future workplace on millions of squarefeet. The key is to designing around the talent. The everyday associate needs a decent amount of exercise to function, but it seldom happens. A gymnasium, for instance, with a facility for the associate to shower after, is ideal.


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Strawberry Lemon Olive Oil Naked Cake
Similar to strawberry lemonade, the sweet strawberries complement the tart and bright lemony flavors of this olive oil cake. It's so clean and refreshing, making it the perfect summer cake for all your gatherings, parties, and weekends.
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Strawberry Lemon Olive Oil Naked Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 6 x 2-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper; grease the paper. Set pans aside.
- In a large mixing bowl beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer about 5 minutes or until pale and thick ribbons form.
- In another large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a medium bowl combine the olive oil, lemon peel, lemon juice, and buttermilk.
- Beat the vanilla into beaten egg mixture on low speed. With mixer on low speed, add the dry and wet ingredients in three additions, starting with dry and ending with wet. After the last addition, turn mixer off and whisk until combined. Divide batter among prepared pans, filling each half full (1 2/3 cups batter each).
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the centers comes out clean and cakes are golden and pull away from sides. Remove and cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely.
- To assemble: place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread top of cake with 1/2 cup of the cream. Place another cake layer on top. Spread with another 1/2 cup cream. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread with another 1/2 cup cream. Spread 1/2 cup frosting on the sides of cake to make a light crumb coating. Spread any remaining frosting atop of cake. Use cake spatula or bench scraper to thin out frosting on sides for the "naked" look, then decorate as desired.
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2-Layer Cake
Divide batter between 2 8x1 1/2-inch round cake pans, filling about each about 1/2 full. Bake in a 350 degrees F oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near centers come out clean. To assemble, place one cake layer on serving platter. Spread with 1 cup of the whipped cream mixture. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread sides with 1/2 cup of the cream, forming a light crumb coating. Spread any remaining cream atop the cake. Garnish with lemon peels, if desired.
To store:
Loosely cover and store frosted cake in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. OR wrap unfrosted baked cake layers and freeze for up to 1 month. Thaw and frost as directed above.
Strawberry Cream
- In a large bowl beat cream, sugar, and strawberry puree with an electric mixer or large whisk until soft peaks form. Cover and chill up to 4 hours ahead. Whisk before serving.


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Ng Eng Teng was one of Singapore's pioneering sculptors, affectionately dubbed the 'Grandfather of Singapore Sculpture'. Ng trained under Nanyang-style visual artists Georgette Chen and Liu Kang, and studied ceramics in the United Kingdom. On his return to Singapore, he worked on a prolific body of work that spanned several decades until his death in 2001. Ng produced many works of public art, most notably 'Mother and Child', reflecting his larger practice of giving humanist ideas dramatic and quirky physical forms. Throughout his career, Ng was a big champion of education and community-building. His well-loved Studio 106, his home and studio in Joo Chiat, was where he hosted informal gatherings of artists. It was later turned into a residency space after his death, though the house has since made way for urban redevelopment. Ng was conferred the Cultural Medallion for Art in 1981.
NAFA is the oldest and most established tertiary arts education institution in Singapore. It was established in 1938 by educator, Lim Hak Tai, and a group of arts educators with the support of the Society of Chinese Artists. The school gained momentum after the post-war years, attracting to the faculty émigré artists fleeing the Japanese occupation in China, as well as Singapore-born artists like Georgette Chen. In the post-independence years, a small faculty of well-known Chinese artists taught classes to a small enrollment. The school grew in the 1980s, opening departments for interior design, music, dance and fashion, paving the way for further expansion in the '90s into a full-fledged multi-disciplinary art school. In 2004, NAFA moved into its own purpose-built premises at Bencoolen Street. Notable alumni include sculptors Ng Eng Teng and Han Sai Por, as well as painter Ang Ah Tee.
One of Singapore's most prominent theatre companies, The Necessary Stage (TNS) was formed in 1987 by current artistic director Alvin Tan. The seed of the company was a National University of Singapore campus theatre group, where Tan, resident playwright Haresh Sharma and other collaborators met. Over the years Tan and Sharma evolved TNS into an award-winning theatre company with a strong reputation for staging socially-conscious work. The company premiered several of Sharma's plays that are regarded classics of the Singapore stage, notably Those Who Can't, Teach (1990) and Off Centre (1993). Both Sharma and Tan are recipients of the National Arts Council's Young Artist Awards, conferred in 1997 and 1998 respectively. TNS also organises and curates the annual M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, a creative platform for local and international artists.


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So, on a positive note - I found the spot. The W Hotel in Vieques Island - Puerto Rico. How unreal does this place look?
Besides this being a dream post, the decor of this place is way cool too. Its happy, bright, colorful, eclectic and trendy - of course in W style. There's an amazing fire pit, great pools, fun swing chairs (what else could you need?!) and so much more!
|A fire pit, what a cool place to unwind.
|A way cool way to check in and find out Puertoo Rican info at the Concierge Desk.
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When a woman gets invited to a fancy dress party
You can be sure there are only 4 costume options going through her mind:
- red devil horns, black dress
- bunny ears, black dress
- halo, fairy wings, black dress
- cat ears, black spot and whiskers painted on nose (black dress)
Clip something to my head, wear a black dress.
This is regardless of theme. If the theme is 'The Wild West', you can be damn sure there'll be at least two dozen girls that find a tenuous way to wear some devil horns or fairy wings. And if the theme is Halloween....it'll be exactly like the end of Being John Malkovich, except with more £2 halos.
I agree, but I can't judge
I avoid fancy dress like the plague and when it's forced upon me, I always go as Shaun of The Dead.
Not at fancy dress
Just general wearage
I think I've done fancy dress twice.
Both times I went as Moses.
Worse still
is the vaguely fancy dress themed club or pub night, where said woman will wear something blood-clottingly tight and then proceed to drunkenly steal some sort of dress-up head appendage from a nearby male, only to shriek wildly when the male concerned intimates that perhaps they'd prefer to not have their personal belongings usurped by a drunken hen-partying manatee.
That's okay though
as long as they're hotwhacksiddy this'd this
I would not wear any of these as a fancy dress costume
but I am really into fancy dress and these are lazy and only worn by girls who think fancy dress is an excuse to go out in their undies. I won £1000 for best dressed once, and last year I won free drinks all night in a club.
My friend went as a body bag to a party recently and she looked AMAZING though couldn't really move.
you're going to have to provide photographic evidence
if your costumes are THAT good
This article just about sums it up:
Ah, Guardian links
Sometimes you work fine... sometimes you freeze my PC for two miuntes and cause IE to close.
It's a lottery.
carrie is totally going to be my costume next year
i always enjoy incorporating large volumes of fake blood.
I don't do fancy dress nowadays
but neither have I ever worn horns, ears or fairy wings
when I did we were glitter balls (these were amazing), animals, those fembot things from Austin Powers, punks and suchlike
worse is school uniform dress up...grim
see I like that, very good
I even liked my moody Larry David costume I once wore but neither stop fancy dress being a load of old arse.
piece of piss
a pair of glasses, some moody grey hair made from a pirate beard costume et voila Larry David
Not the execution, the recognition
Very niche. To most people you might just look like a poorly dressed curmudgeon hovering about. I'd wear a jumper with the elastic stretched on one of the sleeves as a secret detail for the superfan to identify me.
the theme was 'famous Davids' yet I had to explain to a few people who he was and even though they done the 'oh yeah him' acknowledgement I knew they were lying.
I pulled it off without trying:
That's not a Larry David costume
I'm not really sure what that is
I dressed up as a bee once, it was ace apart form the costume knocking everyone's drinks out their hands
and the stinger managing to get repeatedly dipped in red wine by accident :(
if the woman is some sort of awful human being, yes
my girfriend has come as the following to fancy dress stuff:
- knife throwing act gone wrong
- dead mary queen of scots complete with bleeding eyes, mouth, cut throat
- a bear
- sebastian from little mermaid
- princess mononoke
none of which involved skimpy clothes/wings/horns.
- cyberdemon this'd this
* when a certain type of unimaginative woman does fancy dress
you need to get different female friends.jenesaispas this'd this
Because otherwise this thread wouldn't be generating the great sexist ads
like these in the top corner that it truly deserves
I hate fancy dress.
I refuse to go to any place where fancy dress is required.nymeria this'd this
My sister's 30th this year
was J themed in her honour. I went as a jungle. I smeared camo paint on my face, attached ivy and foliage to myself, stuck plastic bugs and snakes all over the show and had a giant fake spider pinned to my backside. No fairy wings or horns in sight thankyouverymuch. I did get my dog a animal print collar to match my shoes though . . .
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The Senate will turn to legislation on Monday that would repeal a cut to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for some military retirees. While the Democrat COLA proposal would add to the federal deficit, Republicans have introduced legislation that would repeal the COLA cut without adding to the debt. In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, the ranking Republican on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, highlights a number of other veterans issues, including a dysfunctional VA disability claims system that is plagued by errors and delays and is failing veterans of all ages. "As the nation's military stands down from its war footing, veterans should not have to wage another battle here at home, this time against government bureaucracy," says Burr.
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The now infamous backlog of claims reached a point of national embarrassment last year when a series of biting monologues from comedian Jon Stewart finally elevated the problem to the President's desk and spurred his VA Secretary into action. It was only then we began seeing some signs of incremental progress.
When it takes a comedian to garner a response from our government, we are in bad shape. While the backlog has begun to decline, we still have nearly 700,000 veterans and their families waiting for answers.
Today, claims are often riddled with errors, putting the burden back on veterans to file an appeal. More than a quarter million appeals are waiting to be resolved and the time it takes VA to act on appeals is worsening. As the nation's military stands down from its war footing, veterans should not have to wage another battle here at home, this time against government bureaucracy.
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