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After he called the Governor's Office and a few other folks in state government, the unemployed man named Tom called me.
He and his wife were forced to sell their home in Arrowhead Ranch in Glendale not long ago because they couldn't keep up with the mortgage payments. They were both laid off last year. They're in their 60s and have worked all their lives.
"We're struggling now, and we're renting a place in Sun City West," Tom said. "I called the Governor's Office to ask why it is that she isn't working to extend the unemployment benefits. My wife and I are relying on that right now. It's not like employers are falling over themselves to give jobs to folks in their 60s. No matter how qualified you might be. So I called the governor and asked why Arizona isn't taking advantage of the federal extension."
The person Tom spoke to at Gov. Jan Brewer's office told him that it wasn't Brewer who had decided not to extend unemployment benefits to struggling Arizona residents; it was the Legislature.
That's true.
Brewer called the Legislature into special session some months ago with the hope of passing a simple wording change in the law that would have extended unemployment benefits for thousands of out-of-work men and women in our state, a decision that would have pumped about $3.5 million from the federal government into the Arizona economy each week.
Money that would have been used to purchase food, groceries, gas and so on.
But no.
Republican legislators refused to go along, and Brewer hasn't forced the issue.
If anything, she has gone out of her way to make nice with legislators who are snubbing their own constituents.
"This is not free money," state Sen. Al Melvin told one reporter this summer. "This is America's money. We have a $14 trillion debt that has to be paid, and we need to stop spending money we don't have."
Republican Senate Majority Whip Steve Pierce was more succinct.
"The Senate said, 'We think it's stupid,' " he said.
Perhaps lawmakers were inspired by Arizona's U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, who said back in May that extending unemployment benefits "doesn't create new jobs. In fact, if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work."
I wonder if politicians would include not only 60-plus job seekers such as Tom and his wife in that category, but the many out-of-work members of Arizona's National Guard and Reserves.
Recent news reports showed that guardsmen and reservists returning from deployments are among those having the most difficult time finding work.
So much so that a jobs fair for veterans is scheduled for Thursday in Phoenix. (Those interested in registering can do so at hoh.greatjob.net.)
"The money that Washington would send here is money we sent to Washington," Tom said. "That's not free money. That's money that taxpayers in Arizona sent there. I was one of them. It would just be coming back to people who are in a bind and need it."
Arizona lawmakers can still extend the unemployment-benefits program. All they need to do is to change the wording in state law so that unemployment eligibility would be calculated over the past three years instead of two years.
That's it.
But rather than try to find ways to help Arizona citizens in need, our elected officials wage war against them.
In the last legislative session, state Sen. Frank Antenori wanted to pass a law that would require random drug testing for any adult receiving state or federal welfare benefits, such as food stamps or temporary financial aid.
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Anup Akkihal is an action researcher and systems thinker with 16 years experience building technology and crafting strategy in military, pharmaceutical, agriculture, energy, automotive & retail industries – across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. He's had the privilege of designing field/tactical logistics systems for the U.S. Army, managing SAP enterprise software projects, advising UNDP, WHO, USAID and UNFPA on logistics strategy, and providing inclusive web-scale technology to governments in Myanmar, South Sudan, Zambia and India. Anup co-founded an "inclusive supply chain" effort called Logistimo in 2011 to pioneer novel value networks in frontier markets. Alongside collaborators, he works to assure rural access to essential products and strengthen market linkages for village producers across emerging markets — especially in public healthcare, agriculture, energy, industrial goods, and consumer products. Born and raised in West Virginia, Anup studied at the Johns Hopkins University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Arun Ramanujapuramchief technology officer
Arun started his career at Xerox Research in technology development in the area of Digital Rights Management and moved into a role that takes technologies to business. This culminated in a joint spin off between Xerox and Microsoft. Around the same time, he joined a California-based start-up in the Enterprise Information Integration space. He has subsequently worked at Yahoo! India, first as a product manager on Communities products, and later incubating an Advanced Technology Group that built technology & products for Web Search (which eventually became Y! Labs). He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Bangalore University and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
"All of us are extremely blessed to be what we are. I believe that each of us should strive to give back to society by engaging in sincere service of the needy – at every opportunity, and in whatever way we can. This, I believe, represents the true evolution of our spirit and I hope we can collectively work towards this ideal".
Amar Kalmadichief finance officer
Amar brings diverse experience across a wide range of sectors including product development, strategy, analytics and finance in IT and financial services. Starting his career with IBM, Amar gradually evolved from providing solutions for technical problems (at IBM & Oracle), then technical solutions for business problems (GE) and finally to business solutions for business problems (HSBC and beyond). In his previous corporate role at HSBC, he led the Strategy & Planning function for the global service delivery organization, providing strategic and decision support for the Global Head and his Executive Committee. A newfound entrepreneurial spirit and desire to build something from bottom-up eventually led him to Logistimo. After helping set up the field R&D office for Logistimo's on-demand logistics service, he now leads the finance function, straddling big-picture thinking and detail orientation. Amar holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Karnatak University and MBA with Strategy & Analytical Finance majors, from the Indian School of Business (ISB). He believes that it is possible to do well by doing good, with sound ethics and fairness.
Sharath ChandangoudarDirector - Operations
Sharath is co-founder of Logistimo, with 11+ years of experience in field operations, consulting, and program leadership. His experience spans banking, social enterprise, and nonprofits ranging from microfinance, healthcare, clean energy, dairy and agriculture. Sharath's background is in finance, with experience in both mainstream and social investment banking. Early in his career at State Street Bank, he developed an interest in bridging the gap between capital markets and social impact. While at Unitus Capital, Sharath specialized in arranging capital for microfinance institutions and other social enterprises, benefiting those at the Base of the Pyramid. His strengths are most pronounced building coherent teams and leading people to deliver complex projects in challenging environments. Sharath coordinated the field research that became the foundation of Logistimo's business and product design, and organized deployment and technical assistance for the world's largest vaccine supply chain program. He currently leads "Customer Success" efforts, including product training & deployment, client engagement, capacity building, technical support, and occasional research pilots in places as diverse as India, Myanmar and Zambia. In 2014 he played a key role in the formation of Tusker, a Logistimo initiative addressing some of the most pressing challenges of rural transportation and access to clean energy. Sharath was born and raised in Bangalore and pursued graduate studies at Jain University, Bangalore, receiving a degree in business management.
Charan MalemarpuramDirector - Engineering
Charan is passionate about applying technologies to solve last mile problems. As Director of engineering, he oversees some of Logistimo's most distinctive work, including its flagship supply chain platform that enables nations and corporations across the globe to provide essential goods to the last mile. Prior to joining Logistimo in 2014 Charan worked at Cognizant for nearly a decade where he played various engineering roles including some key leadership roles. During his tenure, he worked in search and web technologies for Ask.com, Usage analytics platform for dictionary.com, and on enterprise tax calculation software for ADP. Born and raised in Andhra Pradesh, Charan holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from JNTU.
Amit AkkihalPrincipal - Strategy
Amit is a polymath whose logic and rhetoric bring a broad and tempered historical perspective, balancing the strengths of teams heavily weighted in engineering or management. His non-traditional career spans financial mathematics at Moody's Investor Services in New York while a student at Columbia University, to independent consulting for Microsoft and Cambridge Networks. For Logistimo, he has guided strategic posture from the onset, executed field research in villages across south India, and has nurtured special programs. Amit brings deep knowledge of literature, history, language, geography and socio-political into practical strategic approaches. He has traveled extensively across the globe. He exhibits a sharp sense of distinction in matters of policy and social justice.
Anu MurthyPrincipal - Human Resources
Anu has 7 years of experience working with Human Resources. Her passion for Human Resources stems from her wanting to create a meaningful and effective relationship between an organization and an employee. She's worked across various functions of HR with a variety of organizations ranging from NPO's to MNC's. She's always been interested in leaving the world a better place and in her attempt to do so, she co-established a not for profit organization (Make a Difference, Bangalore) and spends a bit of time working with children each year. She's passionate about fitness and teaching pre-natal yoga. She holds a Master's Degree in Human Resources and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
Raj GaneshProduct Manager
Raj has over 10 years of experience in product management and strategy and 4 years of startup experience. He's worked extensively on all aspects of the product lifecycle. He has created, defined, developed and delivered new products and offering. Prior to Logistimo, Raj worked with several global organizations, including Escorts Limited, Tata Consultancy Services (where he managed a $5M product as one of their youngest product managers). IDEO, Real NVC, UK Trade & Investment and Seynse Technologies, and even failed at founding a couple of companies - TheLearning.org and Grocerst.com (he succeeded in learning some very important lessons). Raj survived his Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in entrepreneurship from the University of Cambridge without too much liver damage, and a Bachelors of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. In his spare time, Raj is an avid photographer. He's a sporty, outdoorsman who's always on the lookout for the next adventure, and always up for a racquet game. also loves to travel to historical destinations, or take off on long road road trips on his motorbike. Though he doesn't think of himself as much of a runner, he's completed a 200Km endurance cycle race under 11hrs 55mins and a 10K in 68mins.
Trilok JainSenior Developer
Trilok was inspired by Logistimo's use of technology in making essential commodities available in low resource and rural areas. He works on building software components that make Logistimo's rural transportation system (Tusker) efficient. Prior to Logistimo, Trilok has worked with a few corporations - most recently, WalmartLabs as a Senior Engineer where he worked on Identity and Access management), and RangDe a small social enterprise (which he is most fond of) as VP Technology. Trilok holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering from NIT Warangal and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. Whilst not at work, Trilok can be found on a badminton court; or with a book; or lost somewhere in space.
Kumar GauravSenior Developer
Kumar was raised in Motihari, Bihar, the place where Mahatma Gandhi started his satyagraha movement. He joined Logistimo to have fun building microservice architecture that fits well with business-driven development and cloud application architectures, and to dive into big data challenges. He imbues everything he does with his worldview: "Honesty is the only option. Clarity is better than ambiguity." When he's not doing his day job, Kumar travels. He's visited 22 of India's 29 states. One of the craziest things he's ever done is spend a whole night alone on an island in Chilka lake. A big foodie, he is always looking for the next big palate-tickling culinary adventure. Kumar graduated from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya with a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Sadiq AhmedTest Engineer
Sadiq is a test engineer and a startup enthusiast. He is fond of building frameworks, exploring new technologies and building great teams. Ambitious, focused and determined, he has built a GUI framework using Selenium-WebDriver. In his free time, he reads, browses through blogs or watches movies starring his favorite actors: Christian Bale, Will Smith, Adam Sandler & Leonardo DiCaprio. He has a penchant for motivational films, and can spend many a happy hour watching TV series like Shark Tank and Big Bang Theory. His love for travel has taken him to Delhi, Agra, Darjeeling, Manali, Gokarna, Coorg, Karaikal, Pondicherry, Tiruchy, Tirunelveli, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Madurai, Goa and Velankanni. He uses these opportunities to push his limits, and has bungee-jumped in Thailand and trekked in Nagalapuram hills, Sakleshpur and Wayanad. Currently, he's training for a half-marathon.
Devdutt MishraBusiness Analyst
Dev supports project implementations in Zambia and India, including deployment, analytics, consulting and ongoing support. Dev's entire prior career was working in the "corporate world" where he handled business transformation and sales activities for Deloitte and research & design, supplier relationship management, product lifecycle management and RFQ validations at General Motors. Dev has built formidable expertise in supply chain – demand forecasting, demand planning, inventory management, make to order and stock scenarios. He's also worked on financial valuation of companies for checking acquisitions benefits using the discounted cash flow method. Dev graduated from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology with a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Operations and Finance from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. He's also successfully completed a course in Business Analytics, has a global certification of Tableau software for Data Visualization and cleared the CFA level 1 and FLIP certification in Trade Finance and Cash Management. Dev is disciplined about fitness and passionate about mental puzzles. He also enjoys riding around the neighborhood on his bicycle in the early hours of the morning.
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Born in Kerala, bred in Mumbai, schooled in Varanasi, launched his career in Gurgaon and landed in Bangalore, Sujith is a software engineer with a larger than life approach to his work and life. He lives by the motto "Even if I fail, I plan to fail big." He is an ardent believer in the power of networks and the Web (the same thing, virtually). He values a deep understanding of the tools he uses to build high-performing, scalable systems and solve problems that make the world a better place. Sujith's fascination with ancient Indic history is a long-standing one, as is his interest in financial economics.
Sujith graduated from Mumbai University with a bachelors degree in Computer Science & Engineering and received a masters in Systems Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi.
Shekhar RaiwaniSupply Chain Analyst
Shekhar brings the right mix of theoretical knowledge and practical work experience to Logistimo. He has more than five years of experience in various domains of supply chain planning. He is passionate about developing supply chain processes in different environments and has played a pivotal role with industry leading organizations. In his last assignment with United Nations World Food Program, Shekhar successfully introduced the Supply Chain Planning function and implemented the Supply Chain Planning process for their global operations.
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A challenging game fish, roosterfish isn't usually considered a tasty food fish. Its distinctive dorsal fins -- seven thin, long spines -- rise when the fish becomes excited, giving the fish its common name. An in-shore species found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to Peru, its meat is tough and has a strong flavor. Look to the cuisine of the folks who reside on the shores near the roosterfish's habitat for the proper ways to cook this beautiful fish.
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Fillet the fish with a sharp fillet knife. Place the fillet on a work surface, skin side down. With larger game fish like roosterfish, hold the tail as you slice away the skin from the meat, placing your hand on the skin as you work your way up the fillet.
Remove the bloodline; roosterfish have large bloodlines, which can give the fish a strong flavor. Once you remove the fillet from the skin, lay the fillet skin side up to expose the bloodline. Cut about 1/2-inch deep along both sides of the bloodline in a "V" shape to completely remove it.
Cut the roosterfish fillets into around cubes, sprinkle them with salt and black pepper and marinate them for 30 minutes in lime juice. Saute the fish in a skillet over high heat until lightly browned, then lower the heat to medium and cook for about five more minutes. Like other members of the jack family, roosterfish has firm flesh and flakes when done.


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The narrative begins at a good pace as the reader is introduced to the Sethi family – Akshay, the disciplinarian ex-air force pilot, Sharada, his submissive and demure wife, and their two sons, deaf and mute Raj and the golden boy Saurav. Typical of most Indian families, the child that excels at everything he does is favoured while the other one becomes a loner. The setting soon shifts from war-ridden India to America and the family struggles to adjust to a new country. While Saurav aces everything he tries his hand at, Raj faces despair – torment by bullies, pressures of coping with a mainstream curriculum and ignorance from his family. When Saurav decides to give up his promising tennis career and a sponsorship deal to help Raj achieve his dream of running the marathon at the Olympics, the family is torn apart. What follows is an uphill journey filled with numerous potholes as the Sethi brothers strive to achieve excellence and challenge conventions.
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The television series called "Getting There," co-sponsored by the Minnesota Board on Aging and AARP. The eight-week series, to be broadcast on Twin Cities Public Televisions' Minnesota Channel, is about aging issues, with topics ranging from Technology and fitness to Medicare and transportation. Use this helpful Discussion Guide (large font guide) to facilitate a conversation around thirteen of the videos. Helpful tips, questions, and additional resources are available in the guide.


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According to national polling, President Trump receives the lowest job approval rating at this stage of a presidency since modern polling began. His job approval is, on average, below 50%, below the 60% average of past presidents.
Here at State, Trump's numbers are lower. 16% of undergraduates approve of his job performance and 10% strongly approve, while the majority said they, "strongly disapprove" (55%).
Partisanship always matters for these kinds of evaluations, but its effects are unique to Trump. Nationally, Trump polls about as well with members of his party as past incoming Presidents, but he fails to win much if any Democrats support. Here at State, 97% of Democrats say they disapprove of how Trump is handling his job as president. Meanwhile, 69% of Republicans approve, which is below normal levels of in-party support.
A Hostile Media?
His supporters at State are few, and the plurality of students think news media have covered him fairly despite its overwhelmingly negative tone. Over the past month, President Trump has been calling out various news sources that have reported negative news about him, often about Russia, tweeting that they are "fake news" (you can look up how often he uses the phrase, "fake news" in his twitter account using this tool). While a slightly higher percentage say the media has been too tough on Trump than approved of his job performance (29% vs 26%).
Some Republican students at N.C. State did not support Trump when he was running for the Republican nomination. Many were even outspoken about it during the election saying, "Never Trump." It is therefore understandable why his support is somewhat low among Republicans at 70%. While Republican students may not fully support Trump, there is still a view among party members that the media tends to be left-leaning and therefore treating him too harshly. Like his job approval, 70% of Republicans say the media has been too harsh.
Conversely, Democrats exhibit no real slippage at the extremes, as just 4% say the media has been too tough on Trump. Interestingly, however, about the same percentage of Democrats say the media hasn't been tough enough (47%) as "about right" (49%). Republicans do not match that assessment. 2% think the media has been soft on Trump and 29% said it has been fair. Independents, as to be expected, are split somewhere in between what Democrats and Republicans think.
A Toplines report for all survey questions, and results, is available here: Big Poll Spring 2017 Toplines
NOTE ON METHODOLOGY: This semesters' "Big Poll" took place February 14-18, 2017. The survey was administered over the internet to a random sample of 4,500 NCSU undergraduates and 876 completed the survey, generating a 19.5% response rate. Assuming a 50-50 division in opinion calculated at a 95 percent confidence level, the margin of sampling error for this survey is +/-3.25% when questions were answered by the full sample; sampling error increases for estimates when three or more choices were offered, when fewer respondents were asked a version of a question, or when analyzing the opinions of sub-groups, such as when looking just at how females responded to a question.
In addition to sampling error, other forms of non-sampling error occur in surveys, such as confusion about question wording or the order of questions, and non-response bias (low response rates), but these types of error are not precisely quantifiable. We do not apply post-stratification sample weights for the slight demographic imbalance in gender because weighting the data would not have noticeable effects on the results.


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It has been way too long since I was able to not only post but actually get out to a theater and catch a new release. I've been sparring in the mornings lately, which helps free me up a bit… So I caught Phillip Noyce's Salt.
Right from the opening scene we are thrust into a roller coaster ride that just doesn't let you up for air the entire 99 minutes. The first half, particularly, is extremely fast-paced and go-go-go… and definitely keeps the audience on their toes. Making you guess if Salt is who she says she is and always staying a step ahead of where your guess is. It is a fun movie, even if the wheels spin off towards the end a bit.
Jolie looks great here and she is pretty awesome overall – even if some of the action is extremely unbelievable. Liev Shreiber, who I guess is a great actor – but I say that more because that sentiment is crammed down our throats more than my actual opinion – is actually really good in this movie. And the rest of the cast is great as well.
The biggest problem I have with the film occurs about 3/4 of the way through – when we find out that Evelyn Salt is actually a Russian Spy. The twist however is that she is not going to rise up on Day X, but fight back against her Russian handler/creators. Salt's motivations for doing this are just never truly explained. Has she fallen in love with America and her new life? Is she just anti-war? Has she abandoned her Russian heritage and mission? They try and set this up with her German husband – and them killing him, but he isn't killed until after she makes her decision. So, although fun, once you leave and start to ask questions the train went far off the tracks…


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A new weather reporting system will be installed at Methow Valley State Airport (S52) in Washington state in February.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will purchase and operate the weather reporting system, also known as an Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS), for use at the airport in Winthrop and neighboring airports.
Once activated, the AWOS will broadcast weather information via radio to pilots flying in the Methow Valley and also provide flight planning information via telephone.
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Day 1B of the 2017 WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event continued the success of Day 1A, with the overall field eventually swelling up to 902 entries. There were 562 entries to join the tournament on Saturday during its second flight, but only 167 of them bagged and tagged for the night.
Jesse Rockowitz led the pack by the time all twelve levels, scheduled to be played at Choctaw Casino, were completed. The player accumulated a stack of 343,300 yesterday. And he performed more than well during the Main Event's second starting flight. Rockowitz was consistent in his effort to build a solid stack, and his consistency apparently paid him well.
The player entered the WPT Choctaw Main Event with live tournament earnings of a little less than $1.4 million. He has cashed in multiple events over the years, but his best accomplishment was his WSOP gold bracelet from a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em he took down during the 2010 edition of the series. He also collected a first-place prize of $721,373 for his performance.
Several important hands helped Rockowitz build and maintain his stack and the hand that saw the elimination of 80-year-old player Mack Lambert was one of them. Rockowitz busted his table mate in Level 10. Here it is interesting to note that Lambert was among the ClubWPT qualifiers to have joined the Main Event's field.
Commenting on his Day 1B at Choctaw, Rockowitz told WPT reporters that he had "smooth sailing" with nice hands coming his way. The player made a lot of sets and straights throughout the day, which he took the best possible advantage of.
Other notables to have made it throughout the event's second starting flight were Samuel Bernabeu, one-time WPT champion Jordn Cristos, as well as Aaron Mermelstein, who is eying his WPT title number three. Mermelstein entered the tournament on Day 1A, but was eliminated.
Players who failed to survive on Day 1B included WPT's Tony Dunst, 1998 WSOP Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen, and TJ Cloutier, among many others. However, they have one more chance to join the event, as registration remains open until the start of Day 2. Action is set to resume today at noon local time at the poker tables of Choctaw Casino.
The survivors from Day 1A and Day 1B will all return to the host venue. Day 1A chip leader Daniel Lowery will start Day 2 play as the overall chip leader with his stack of 347,200 in chips. There are as many as 256 hopefuls left in contention from the two starting days, but they will certainly be joined by more participants today. Official information is yet to be released, but given the great interest in the event, it can be said with certainty that the $2-million guaranteed prize pool has already been exceeded.


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John Titor - A Time Traveler
Who is John Titor?
In early November in 2011 someone going by the name of 'Timetravel_0' started popping up on public forums claiming to be a time traveller from the year 2036. Timetravel_0 later revealed that his name was in fact John Titor. One of the first things Titor did was post pictures of his time machine and its operations manual online, he then proceeded to answer questions about, and explain the physics and maths behind, time travel. He also went into detail about his life, and made predictions about what was going to happen in our future. Some of these predictions came true and some didn't, but he did say that our world line was about 2.5% different to his, therefore his predictions were never guaranteed to be true. Titor claimed that he was sent to 1975 to find and capture an IBM computer system called 5100 and take it back to 2036 with him and he stopped in 2000 for 'personal reasons'. In March 2001 Titor said he would be leaving our time and returning back to 2036. After this he was never seen or heard of again.
How did the time machine work?
Titor claimed that his time machine was 'a stationary mass, temporal displacement unit manufactured by General Electric', and that the 'unit was powered by two, top-spin, dual-positive singularities that produce a standard, off-set Tipler sinusoid.'
So basically time travel is achieved by altering gravity, the closer a person is to a gravity source the more time appears to have slowed. Travelling at high speed mimics this affect for example, the theory that if one twin travels at a near light speed when he or she returns they would have appeared to have aged less than the one that stayed behind. This type of gravity manipulation however is nowhere near sufficient enough to alter our world line (the world line of an object is the unique path that the object takes as it travels through 4-dimensional space time).
Essentially Titor said that the time machine was based on two rotating micro singularities, or black holes, operating similarly to a single ring singularity (which is a rotating black hole that is distorted into a ring-like region because of centrifugal forces) According to Titor the mass and gravitational pull of this micro singularity, or black hole, was manipulated by injecting electrons onto its surface, which replicates the effects of a Kerr-Newman black hole and enables time travel.
Titor also stated that the 'Many Worlds Theory' is correct, and it can be used to explain the nature of time travel. The 'Many Worlds Theory' is the theory that every event that takes place that can attain more than one possible outcome, will result in every possible outcome, and each of these outcomes is the origin point of a new world line or 'parallel universe'. Like I mentioned earlier Titor said that our world line is approximately 2.5% different to his and this is because if a time traveller were to enter their own past their presence would cause changes to occur which would, in turn, create an ever-expanding new set of world lines.
Most of what Titor said would happen between 2000 and 2036 were based on the break out of World War 3. He said that in 2015 Russia will launch a nuclear strike against the major cities of the United States, China and Europe and the United States will counter attack. This will be the start of a world war that will kill almost 3 million people. He said that non-lethal weapon systems (that actually turn out to be quite lethal) and biological and chemical weapons will be used. Titor also said that after 'World War 3' Russia would become the United States largest trading partner and the Capital of the US would be moved from Washington D.C. to Omaha Nebraska.
Titor also predicted that America will wage war on Iraq, claiming Iraq has nuclear weapons. He made this prediction years before a war with Iraq was even considered and he also claimed no weapons of mass destruction would be found. Titor seemed to be true in this instance but he did also claim that there would be a civil war in the United States in 2005, which obviously never happened.
Another significant prediction that Titor made was that CERN will lay the foundations of time travel in 2000, shortly after Titor left in 2001 CERN announced that the creation on mini black holes was possible.
His story has been circulating the internet for years now and Titor, despite whether he is real or not, has made a big impression on all the people who talked with him or even just read his posts. Many people have been trying to provide evidence to prove him a fake and others put forward arguments for Titors existence. Fairly big evidence towards him just being a hoax is the time travel theory that says that the machine he uses cannot travel further back than the date it was built, which he stated was in 2034.
I found it really interesting reading about John Titor and some of his theories, stories and predictions seemed to be very accurate. Do you think there is there any truth in him or was John Titor just a huge conspiracy?
Thanks for reading. :)
He didn't take my compaq 5100 desktop.He didn't say where he got his from but he probably got one that was in top condition back in 1975.
The way I understood it, the reason they needed that computer is because they still had old outdated military computers they could program with that particular computer which businesses back then used to program or reprogram there own computers rather than hire outsiders to do it for them at a huge expense to their businesses.
Concerning world war three. He just might be right about that. Seeing how the worlds governments are distrustful of each other.Then again maybe that part of history could change as well. Hope it will.Either way. It, seems the United States and Russia may be destined to become trading partners and hopefully both sides will live in peace.
its 2000 not 2011 when he came online. I think he stoped y2k with the IBM that could rewrite the unix
I like to note that John Titor quoted a poem called "A Soldiers winter" which was written 6 years after his appearance so 2006.
Wow, I hadn't heard of John Titor before. I see from Wikipedia that his predictions have been pretty much unproven, but all of these postings and the public's reaction to them are fascinating! Thanks so much for putting this occurrence on my radar!
As you have pointed out, some of his predictions did not happen so that really is anticlimactic for me. The 2015 nuclear warfare is scary knowing that it could happen. Anyway, let's just pray it won't. :)
It's my first time reading something about Titor and I found his claim very interesting. I shall look into it more. :)
Thanks! Voted up and interesting!


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ObligatoryTLNote: Stepping out from the shadow of the manhua we embark on a journey filled with weird and confusing wuxia terminology. I will try and be consistent, but i can't promise anything beyond my meagre abilities. So, let's work through this together and hope it all works out in the end. Anyways, enjoy.
Wang Lin's face had turned pale, clenching his fists, he stood up and looked around to discover that he was in a small natural cave, sunlight was illuminating the cave's mouth and the whole cave was strewn with the bones of birds and animals.
On the wall behind him, there is a black hole the size of a fist, it was pitch-dark and he couldn't see how deep it was, tried to analyse it but he could only get to a vague answer, apparently, the suction force was originating from this hole and the bones of birds that were lying on the ground were probably those which were killed by the suction force.
The suction ought to occur at irregular intervals, at the exact time that he was falling, the suction force emerged which probably saved his life. Wang Lin fighting the pain in his right arm and was about to walk to the black hole, when suddenly the bones on the ground started rushing toward the back of the cave, even though there was no sign of any wind, seeing this Wang Lin hurriedly rolled to the side.
At this point, an unimaginably powerful suction force emerged from the black hole in the wall, the bird bones lying on the ground crashed and creaked as they were constantly being sucked into the black hole, some larger bones remained stuck on the wall plugging up the hole.
Nevertheless, the suction didn't lose it's force, a bird from outside the cave was sucked into the cave and with great speed hit the wall, causing snapping sound leaving blood to splatter everywhere.
After about an hour, the suction disappeared, Wang Lin was horrified looking at the bird corpses that lay strewn on the ground, he didn't move one bit, just sat in his place quietly making a mental note of the passage of time.
After half an hour, the suction started again, and so on and so forth it repeated a few times, Wang Lin had by then grasped the pattern, the strange suction appeared with 30 minute intervals lasting a duration of 60 minutes.
While the suction force was gone, Wang Lin reluctantly moved to the cave mouth to look down, looking down he could not help but give a wry smile as he could see the forest below along with the myriad rock formations on the ground and the steepness of the cliff, considering his injured arm climbing up was impossible. The Cliff is about dozens of metres from the ground, and jumping down is akin to suicide.
Although he had brought along food packets, but he had taken them out to eat on the top of the hill, now food was the only problem that he had to tackle at the moment, Wang Lin pondered a little and calculating the suction time, quickly returned and sat down in a corner of the cave.
Time flew by, and soon it was getting dark Wang Lin could clearly feel his body weakening. He couldn't feel his arm as it had gone completely numb. Pondering a while, smiled wryly to himself: "I am stuck here in this dead end, no other way than to jump off the cliff, sigh."
He saw not far from his position some badly mutilated bodies of a few birds. Hesitatingly, clenching his teeth he picked it up and put it in his mouth, he caught a whiff of an pungent odour like that of urine, Wang Lin sighed loudly. [TLNote: Offtopic but, Man vs Wild, Ladies and Gentleman] However, without stopping he continued stuffing his mouth with the raw meat,
barely stopping to chew, choosing to swallow directly. His stomach turned with intermittent surges of warmth. He wolfed down half of the birds very quickly, immediately felt sick and nauseated. Wang Lin quickly stood up, took a deep breath, and tried to push down the nausea.
Shoving the left-over bird corpses to the side, Wang Lin sat down against the wall. A whirlwind of thoughts in his head, he thought about his parents, thought about his fourth uncle, thought about all the mocking relatives, thought about the merciless eyes of the Heng Yue Sect's black clad middle-aged man,
feeling dizzy when suddenly his eye caught something besides the half-eaten corpses of the birds, without batting an eyelid, he grabbed it to take a closer look, and saw a red bead the size of a baby's fist, in the bird's corpse. Wang Lin took out the red bead, was greatly surprised,
as he wondered how could there be a bead in the bird's body? His heartbeat grew faster, he remembered his teacher in the village one showing a book on myths called Shanhai Jing and according to it, many animals after reaching a certain age, are able to use neidan to form within their body, something called bǎobèi. [TLNote: bǎobèi literally translates to treasured object, but i left it in pinyin, because it will be used many times later] [TLNote2: Neidan translates to inner alchemy, I would watch and see how the author deals with this to decide upon an alternate translation, keep in mind that due to technicalities I might be interpreting wrongly, in that case, I would make a remark on it later]
If anybody eats this bǎobèi, then they can achieve great strength, longevity and can even regrow amputated limbs.
When he saw the description, he could not believe but laugh inwardly, but after having met an immortal, he could not help but believe that perhaps the myths and legends in Shanhai Jing had some truth in them.
Wang Lin could feel his heart racing, if this is really the neidan bead described in the Shanhai Jing, he would not only be able to heal his injuries, it would make getting out of here a lot easier, even getting into an immortal sect would not pose a problem, atleast would make him eligible to pass the stamina test.
The bead felt stiff and inedible, he frowned and cleaned it with his clothes restoring it's original colour.
It is a grey stone bead, portrayed upon it are five white clouds, after some time, Wang Lin feels greatly disappointed as he unwillingly has to give up on his efforts in trying to bite it with his teeth, finally touching the bead with a wry smile, said softly: "Tie Zhu, stop wishing up pipe dreams, how can there be such coincidence in this world that a bird which literally fell to death infront of you, would have Neidan."
Sighing, he looked to see that it was already dark outside, we a deep weariness, he gradually fell asleep in a corner, placing the stone bead near the bones.
It was the fall season, and the earth becomes cool very quickly, especially in the mountains, the constant influx of cold into Wang Lin's body caused him to hug himself wishing the night time to pass by fast.
The next morning, the sunlight from the Sun rise, gently seeped in from the outside, illuminating the cave, with glistening dew being excreted from the stone bead lying to the side of Wang Lin, flowing slowly into the bird bones.
A moment later, Wang Lin woke up, his swollen arm instead of improving had gotten worse, Wang Lin sitting on the floor was feeling depressed.
"Am I going to be stuck here for my whole life?" He muttered when his eyes suddenly caught sight of dew on the bird bones lying to his side, feeling thirsty he gently picked up the bone and licked it clean of the dew accumulating on it.
The dew was sweet to drink, and he didn't know if it was an illusion or not, but after drinking the dew his body felt very warm and comfortable.
Especially his arm injury, there was a burst of slight tingling and the swelling was reduced slightly, Wang Lin rubbed his eyes to look carefully and found that the arm's swelling had disappeared quite a bit. He concentrated and tried to find other bones, but couldn't find any other bones with dew on top.
Pondering slightly, it suddenly occurred to him and he looked to his side to find the stone bead, focusing slightly he could see dew drops forming on it, recalling that the bone he had picked up was the one that was next to the stone bead. He gently picked up the stone bead, his heart was beating fast, and without hesitation cleaned up the area where the swelling was and directly applied the stone bead's dew on the swelling.
A slightly cool feeling came from the arm, Wang Lin blinking his eyes in surprise, stared at his arm for a while to see that miraculously the swelling had disappeared, he tried moving his arm around to find that although it still caused a bit pain, but it was no big deal.
"This stone bead certainly must be bǎobèi!" Wang Lin exclaimed in surprise.


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The GOP was 'caught'? In order to be 'caught' at something you need to be doing something you don't wish others to find out about. This was a GOP fundraising email and letter that went out to tens of thousands of people.
"In the middle of a war on terror, we need to remain focused on furthering Republican ideas more than ever before," former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said in a letter that asked for donations to the Republican National Committee.
He's right.
And why shouldn't they? Part of the GOP platform is that they are willing to fight the war on terror. SO, of course it's going to be a part of their campaign fundraising efforts.
The Dems raise campaign funds based on an anti-war agenda. Did Ned Lamont 'get caught' using the war to raise funds? What a ludicrous assertion. He used the anti-war agenda to defeat Lieberman.
Make no mistake, if the election was held today instead of last week, Lieberman would have beat Ned. This is another wakeup call for the world.


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Through the month of November, artwork surrounding Mandeville and Richards' career will be on display at Booklovers' Gourmet, 55 East Main Street in Webster - including album artwork, commissioned pieces by local artists, tour posters and press photography.
** Reception with live performance scheduled for Nov. 8th 2014, 2-4pm ** Free and open to the public.
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God in the room
Old fashion rock star LP's gigs feel like a religious experience. Carrie Lyell falls under her spell.
Michael Comte
LP might be small enough to pop in your pocket, but she seems seven foot tall as she swaggers into our interview, coffee in hand, with an effortless cool. Her trademark black curls bounce gently as she walks around the room, talking enthusiastically about her gig the night before at Koko in London – "It's a beautiful venue," she says, pacing aimlessly. "It feels so… communal. I like it when I can see everybody and everybody can see me."
An old-fashioned rock star yes – compared to the likes of Joan Jett, Patti Smith and Stevie Nicks – but LP, real name Laura Pergolizzi, is throughly modern. A viral sensation, her latest offering has been streamed more than 120 million times on YouTube. She's no brooding rockstar caricature either. Warm and friendly, the 36-year-old New Yorker – dressed in dark jeans and a navy blazer – is chatty and full of smiles.
"One time I was playing, Prague or something. It was a beautiful venue, almost cave-like. It felt weird, kind of temple-y. Like I was trying to cast a spell on everybody or something. I was going for more a kinda communal singing to and with people, not to be like…" she throws her arms wide and puts on a booming voice as if giving a sermon. "Nah, I don't really want to go there," she laughs.
So many of the musicians I meet say that performing live is the best part of the job. Would she agree with that? "It definitely is, but I really love the writing as well. There's something so esoteric about writing a song. Like yeah, you can craft all day, but if god is in the room – that spirit or that unknowable thing – writing and realising 'Oh fuck, this is dope'? That is such a great feeling." Like divine intervention? She smiles. "Yeah. Exactly."
Read the rest of our exclusive interview in the June issue of DIVA, available now at divadigital.co.uk.


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GLideN64 Git (2017/08/11) is compiled. GLideN64 is a new generation, open-source graphics plugin for N64 emulators
GLideN64 Git Changelog:
* Rewrite TriGen02_PrepareVtxData
* Up shader storage version.
* Star Wars Rogue Squadron ucode : code cleanup
* Implement command 0xBD This command generates texrects for explosions.
* Correct DebugMsg for gSPMatrix
* Always call frameBufferList().saveBuffer() from gDPSetColorImage, even if buffer data not changed.
Fixed fb-related issues with Star Wars - Rogue Squadron
* Fix gSPSWVertex for __VEC4_OPT
* Fix RSP commands dump.
* Implement command 0x05. This command generates polygons for terrain geometry.
Very large and complex.
* Rewrite DL commands.
* Log SWRS commands
* Command 05 - 02 WIP debug
* Command 05 - 02 WIP
* Add F3DSWRS_SetOtherMode_L_EX command
* Fix fog for F3DSWRS
* Fix texture scale load.
Explanation from olivieryuyu:
1. I do believe that RS ucode has no lighting as I cannot see any code for it! I guess that it was done on the purpose to save power for other matters.
2. G_TEXTURE (command BB) does not set the texture s and t scale. Command BB is composed of two 32 bits words (as for FAST3D) but RS ucode does not use the 2nd 32 bits word. This latter seems to be always nil and should be considered as padding.
3. Movemen (command 0x03) case 82 does not concern light (because there is no light!!!). Actually this case of movemen seems to set the texture s and t scale which is then retrieved by the B4 command and combined with the texture coordinates.
* Port of Lemmy's implementation of SWRS ucode.
* Fix triangle index calculation for flat shading.
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Chief physician Dr. Joachim Quendt and his team in the clinic for vascular surgery treat all illnesses of the arterial and venous vascular system. As the only main department for vascular surgery in the Klinikverbund Südwest, Leonberg is the focal point for operations regarding aortic aneurysms. All minimal invasive procedures will be offered in this connection.
The clinic for vascular surgery and the radiology department as well as the cardiology department of the clinic for internal medicine have been cooperating quite well for many years as a cardiovascular focal point and in the care of diabetic foot. The clinic for vascular surgery constitutes the centre for aortic surgery in the Klinikverbund Südwest, and offers operative as well as endovascular therapy. Our clinic for vascular surgery has 39 plan beds distributed on 2 wards. About 2,500 patients will be annually treated on an ambulant and stationary basis, ca. 1,000 of these patients operatively. The further training authorisation is available for obtaining the emphasis designation "vascular surgery".


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Leo Arkaidos, Rogue Trader.
Origin Path: Child of Dynasty, Savant, New Horizons, Dark Voyage, Exhilaration, Rogue Trader
Wounds: 11
Insanity: 4
Corruption: 1
Fate: 4
Awareness(B), Barter(T), Blather(T), Carouse(B), Charm(+10), Climb(B), Command(T), Commerce(T), Common Lore Koronus(T) Imperium(T) Rogue Traders(T), Concealment(B), Contortionist(B), Deceive(T), Disguise(B), Dodge(T), Evaluate(T), Forbidden Lore Xenos(+10), Gamble(B), Inquiry(B), Intimidate(B), Literacy(+10), Logic(B), Pilot Space Craft (T), Scholastic Lore Astromancy(T), Scrutiny(B). Search(B), Silent Move(B), Speak High Gothic(+10) Low Gothic(T), Swim(B), Trade Explorator(T)
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Air of Authority (command number of targets 1D10 plus his fellowship bonus), Ambidextrous (does not suffer the -20 for performing actions with off-hand), Quick Draw (ready as a free action), Leap Up (stand up as a free action), Renowned Warrant (+10 on interaction tests against those who understand the warrant), Jaded (never gain IP from mundane horrors), Honour (+5 Fel for when interacting high ranking officials), Unseen Enemy (the Child of Dynasty has an enemy who covets their position, wealth or ship), Rogue Trader (+10 to an ally who can hear and see the RT), Dynasty Warrant (+3 Ship points, any unspent are lost)
Common Quality Plasma Pistol (1D10+6, S/2/- Pen:6, R:30m, 3Full, Clip: 10, Overheats), Common Quality Powersword (1D10+5, Pen:5, Balanced, Power), Micro Bead, Void Suit, set of fine clothing, Xenos Pelt, Best Quality Enforcer Light Carapace (HABL:6, 7.5kg)
Leo Arkaidos is a tall thin man, standing approximately 6'5" and weighing in at 82kg. His silver grey hair is drawn back into a ponytail and a gentlemans moustach adorns his upper lip. Leo considers himself an expert duelist with any pistol, he has a particular fondness for high-powered single-shot weaponry such as the dueling las. A fair turn with the blade but he much prefers to leave such work to others better suited to getting gore on their slippers. An avid Xeno-Archanist, Leo absorbs all he can regarding the alien, whether it be medicines, consumables, weapons or culture. Considered to be quite progressive for an Imperial, Leo nevertheless maintains an air of caution when dealing with the Xeno's of the expanse; after all, his grandfather died at the hands of the Orks, his father, the fearsome Umbra. Flamboyant and vivacious, Leo easily charms his way into the hearts of the high ranking, his easy-come easy-go attitude a refreshing change from all the grim minded ghouls with long faces and dark stories. Do not be fooled however, deep within his bubbling personality lies a darker core, a man who has seen what terrors await those who are not prepared or armed with the knowledge to face them…
Imagine Leo as a less-psychotic version of V from V for Vendetta. For appearances he looks similair to Revolver Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid.
Crew Connections:
Reth Garidos: Leo's ship was part of the Admech explorator fleet that helped destroy the pirate fleet that reth was a prisoner on. Reth became indentured to the Arkaidos dynasty after undergoing skitarii modification and has been a loyal bodyguard ever since.
Hades Vulcanov: Hades was found in stasis in a Meritech holding facility. Out of pure curiosity Leo had him awoken and attached to the Navis Nobilite. Hades has proved himself a loyal crewmember with his collected and pragmatic approach to situations, often being a voice of reason in an otherwise flamboyant setting.
Arthis Tybalt: Arthis led Leo and his crew into the Meritech facility where Hades was found. Arthis's thirst for battle and analytical deconstruction of combat situations proved invaluable in the dark reaches of the Meritech plant. With their mission complete, Leo offered to purchase Arthis's services as an Arch Militant.
Sarvus: After a falling out with the Ecclisiarchal portion of the Guard regiment he was attached too, Sarvus was forced to flee to the halo stars. It was here that members of the Redemptionist faction found him and attempted to purge the psyker. Hades and Leo performed a timely intervention and rescued Sarvus from a grim fate. In need of an Astropath that was not known by his familiy, Leo bought Sarvus' service in return for sanctuary aboard his ship.
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Q. Whatever became of brothers Stanley and Barry Livingston, who played Chip and Ernie on the television series My Three Sons?
A. Life in the grown-up lane, especially after a long-running television series, has not been a bed of roles for the Livingston brothers. Now in their middle 30s, Stanley has turned to writing and Barry attends open auditions. ''So many people still think 20 years ago,'' says Barry. ''They're still thinking I haven't grown as an actor as well as a person and human being. I've worked very hard to become a better actor. And even though my roles in the last few years were not in the limelight, I've never lost my identity within myself as an actor. I still have respect for myself.''


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Lead Financial Analyst, Merger %26 Acquisition Finance (M%26A)
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: February 06, 2017
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The Financial Analyst is responsible for providing support to the Global Business Finance (GBF) and the Corporate Development teams through proactive financial analysis, due diligence, budgeting, planning and forecasting for M&A transactions. In addition, this role will assist with the mapping of the acquired company financials into Oracle financials.
As a Financial Analyst you will participate in various responsibilities as follows:
Assist the acquisition FP&A team integrate with the Oracle FP&A teams within GBF organization
Build the acquired company's budget/forecast model taking into account the target's P&L structure and post-acquisition operating model
Assist with the preparations of executive review presentations to Senior Management and acquired company's Management team
Prepare updates to the Standard Chart of Accounts and product mapping for the acquired company within the Oracle hierarchies
Prepare M&A scorecard and KPIs related to acquisition performance and costs
Prepare other quarterly updates for Corporate Development (i.e. Fully Burdened Cost Calculator)
Support the consolidation of weekly and quarterly forecasts after the acquisition transaction has closed until the loading of the initial budget
On a monthly basis, work with M&A Consolidations to book actual headcount and P&L activity on the Oracle systems until integration of the acquisition. This involves maintaining acquisition specific cost center mapping files and preparing cost allocations & re-class entries
Build and maintain high-level knowledge across all business areas by staying current on corporate initiatives, challenges and opportunities across the business.
Support ad hoc requests from Finance groups and Corporate Development
BA/BS in Business, Finance or any other quantitative field
2-5 years relevant experience (Graduate degree equal to two years experience)
Prior Finance experience preferred
Ability to excel in a deadline driven, fast-paced environment
Ability to get results with little guidance
Demonstrate strong communication skills
Ability to work with peers and counterparts in a global / multi location setup
Expertise in Office Tools - MS Excel, Power Point, Word
Terrific team player and ability to work independently
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a sophisticated Fortune 100 Corporate Finance Team!
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Financial support to business areas through financial analysis, budgeting, planning and forecasting; to facilitate decision making and future business strategies.
As a member of Oracle*s finance organization, you will be responsible for providing all aspects of financial support for planning and control. Assist in consolidation and reporting of financial results; preparation of annual budget. Gather, model, analyze, prepare, and summarize information for financial plans, operating forecasts, trended future specifications, etc.; on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. Prepares recommendations based on analyzes. May perform revenue and expense analysis, headcount and headcount driven expense analysis at cost center level, tracking of product and product line revenue, reconciliation of accounts receivable, variance analysis and ad-hoc analysis as needed. You may participate in cross functional programs and projects.
Duties and tasks are standard with some variation. Completes own role largely independently within defined policies and procedures. Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and analytical skills. Ability to prepare Excel spreadsheets of high complexity. 2 years relevant experience and BA/BS degree in Finance or Accounting preferred. CPA/MBA desired.
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You can see from the piccys above, it looks just like knitting in someways. It makes a lovely and soft fabric, ideal for blankets.
You can use a small crochet hook..for doing squares( Crochet Entrelac) and strips or panels like mom does. Or you can use a longer crochet hook ( like a large knitting needle,with a hook at the end) for bigger panels, or one soild blankets. You can do it using any thickness of wool or yarn. Mum has asked me to mention...it curls, so use a hook 1 or 2mm larger. Like for example..double knitting wool, mum usually uses 4mm, but doing this, she uses 5 or 6mm.
When mum, first came across this, she found this site very useful, so here it is....
From the link above, you can also get other brilliant tutorials about knitting and crochet.
Heres a little bit of info, from Wikipedia:
The work is begun with the traditional starting chain, a series of slip stitches. Once the chain is completed, the first row is worked by inserting the hook back into the previous link of the chain, and a loop from the free end of the yarn is grabbed with the hook and pulled back through the link. Unlike traditional crochet, however, this new loop is not then pulled through the initial loop. Both remain on the hook and then the process is repeated, working from right to left, until each link in the chain has been worked. At the end, there will be as many loops on the hook as there are stitches required. This process is called casting on. This is the first of two parts for creating a row.
The work is never turned. Once the correct number of loops is obtained, the process is reversed with each loop being worked off from the hook by pulling a fresh loop of yarn through each stitch, working from left to right. It is both parts of the process which form a completed row. The tension of the yarn is much looser than in standard crochet or knitting.
Tunisian crochet can also be worked in the round, as when making a seamless cap. To work in the round a double-ended crochet hook and two balls of yarn are used. The first hook and ball of yarn are used to add loops (casting on). When the process is reversed (as described above), the loops are worked off using the second hook and second ball of yarn. Using a flexible cable to connect the two ends of the double-ended crochet hook, a single ball of yarn is sufficient.
There are a variety of stitches than can be created, dependent on how and where the hook is inserted and how the working yarn is held. Tunisian stitches include variations on knit, purl, post stitch, and entrelac, to name a few.
The fabric created by Tunisian crochet is slightly less elastic than normal crochet and substantially thicker, particularly the knit stitch. This makes it most suitable for blankets and winter knits, but unsuitable for finer items like babywear and socks. The fabric also has a tendency to curl, and usually needs to be shaped by wetting or steaming the fabric (known as blocking) upon completion. It is slightly faster to create fabric by Tunisian than normal crochet, and approximately twice the speed of knitting.''
Mom says, if theres any questions..dont hesitate to ask..we dont bite (hehe), and there will be a post coming about the entrelac technique.
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Distance from Tyler, AL to Bivins, TX
Driving distance between Tyler, AL and Bivins, TX is 476.62 miles (or 767.04 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Tyler, AL you would reach Bivins, TX in about 8 hours 48 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.