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Me and Jo recently have been butting heads over some things in my flagship DnD 4.0 game. Mainly the topic of usefullness, and what constituted a useful player. Apparently by her definition of Useless, if you are anything of small size and are not the living personification, an Avatar even, of one if not all the Core Classifications of a RPG Party team lineup (Melee, Magic, Stealth, Diplomacy), you have no business being there. It's the cool kids table, and only tall badasses get to sit at the cool kids table.
I always was of the mind that usefullness and uselessness were all situational rather than being a racial/class thing.
A rogue with a low lockpicking skill can be considered useless.
A fighter in a lineup of five other fighters of all possible builds can be perceived as useless.
The cleric that doesn't heal his companions during combat is definitely useless.
An Evil Aligned character in a group of Good and Lawful Good characters is useless for anything except getting everyone else in trouble.
A character with low strength but high dex who insists on going melee is useless.
The character who insists on being the diplomat and has shit for charisma is useless.
A Dwarf that doesn't drink isn't useless per se, but is just really really wrong.
I'm not too sure if I'm the only one with a group where the sudden desire to be "useful" and "needed" has become such necessary terms of character creation. I know where it began, for sure. During a Star Wars game set in a military setting, one of my players wanted to play the role of Medic, which started a discussion over what role each player served. This stuck, so now instead of character they want to play, they roll the character they feel they should play. And I find it annoying.
Granted, I don't accept every character idea that hits my desk. However if someone comes to me and says "This is the character I want to play", I will certainly listen, and suggest on how best to make it work. Even if it's the Corgi Race and stats I put up on my facebook, or a Frogman warrior. I don't look for usefullness as a DM, I look for creativity.
Maybe that's where I fail?
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5 tsp. baking soda
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1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups agave nectar
4 eggs
2 cups organic oatmeal
1/2 cup milk
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1/2 cup spelt flour
1 1/2 cups ground flax
1 quart 1.5% buttermilk
Dissolve the baking soda in 2 cups boiling water. Set aside to cool.
Cream the butter and agave nectar and beat in the eggs. Stir by hand the remaining ingredients. Finally, stir in the baking soda/water mixture.
Batter stays fresh covered in the fridge for weeks. Bake in muffin pans at 350 for 20 mins.
I hope you like them!! This recipe makes a LOT of batter so if you just want to try them, you could divide the recipe by 4 or 6.
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Facebook Vendor Seeks Overlake Student Input on VR Technology
Stepping into Tina Proctor's Future Studies class on Monday may be a glimpse into what's to come in education. Working with Facebook vendor Blue Trot, students used virtual reality technology for the company's research.
Blue Trot will use Overlake student feedback to make improvements to its VR technology for educational purposes. "Your information is so powerful," Piera von Glahn who is co-founder of the company tells students. "It's not only about the VR experience. Engaging with the equipment is vital for that experience too and taking fifteen minutes to adjust the headset doesn't help."
Students sampled Blue Trot's mobile and laptop VR headsets. The applications for classroom use may be years away, but Proctor sees its potential. "Augmented reality will be a mainstream teaching tool in our future classrooms," says Proctor. "I trust that Overlake kids in a headset will go to the VR experience intended for my class. In augmented reality they're all seeing the same thing so they're in that shared experience."
In addition to making an augmented reality experience believable, Blue Trot is getting feedback on who can benefit from it. "We want the experience to feel real, and right now we're researching different types of subjects. The needs of a technology class are different from a 9th grade biology class or a history class," says Blue Trot's Cody Karutz. In Monday's activity, students charted a trip through Google Earth to experience far away places. Students shared each other's VR experience going from station to station.
Overlake's Director of Technology Jay Heath works closely with Proctor throughout her Future Studies class. He currently sees Overlake's role as one that can partner with technology companies with the latest education tools. "It's empowering students to be aware of what's coming so they can do good with it. By exposing them to these types of technology they're getting a glimpse into the future."
As for Proctor's Future Studies class, she hopes that field trips to tech companies and classroom demos such as Blue Trot's lead to a bigger discussion. "I'm trying to get the kids to think about the social ramifications and ethics behind technology. That part is often missing in the tech industry, and my hope is that when they move forward in whatever field they choose that they'll have that awareness," says Proctor.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Kim Kardashian & Reggie Bush
Trading strategy: standing aside
The euro lost ground yesterday, pulling back from 1.2460 to as low as 1.2285, following EUR/JPY as the yen strengthened on speculation European banks will struggle to raise money amid the debt region's crisis. Despite the 190 points pullback, the euro is still in a bullish configuration against the dollar – forming higher highs and higher lows since two weeks ago. Important short-term support is formed into the 1.2250/70 region and a potential breakdown below this barrier could signal a downtrend resume – opening the way to more losses, towards 1.2150 which would be the next downward objective. My yesterday's expectation for 1.2365-1.2400 to provide support on dip was proven wrong and I maintain a neutral stance in current conditions – waiting for a confirmation, preferably to the downside (respecting the medium term bearishness). Today's economic calendar includes few important events such as the German Ifo Business Climate Index at 09:00 GMT, followed by Existing Home Sales and Treasury Secretary Geithner's speech at 15:00 GMT. Important levels to watch would be 1.2250/70 followed by 1.2150 to the downside and 1.2365/00 higher. Current quote is 1.2295 @06:10 GMT
Support: 1.2285/00, 1.2250/70 and 1.2150
Resistance: 1.2365/00, 1.2450/65, 1.2500 and 1.2670
Market sentiment: long term – bearish, medium term – bearish, short term – bullish, intra-day – bearish
Trading strategy: standing aside
The retreat from 1.4930 brought into attention both the 1.4800 horizontal support and the rising trend line coming from 1.4354 which provided support on the higher lows formed since two weeks ago. The break down below the said trend line suggests that a temporary top is in place into the 1.49 region and more losses are likely – perhaps down to 1.4640/50 (50% of 1.4345-1.4935) or even 1.4570 (61.8% of same up leg). Short-term studies remain slightly bullish and a recovery above 1.4800 would favor further gains, resuming uptrend and confirming that current breakdown was a false one. Current quote is 1.4725 @06:10 GMT
Support: 1.4700/20, 1.4640/50, 1.4600, 1.4570 and 1.4500
Resistance: 1.4800, 1.4930/50, 1.5000 and 1.5100
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Now that the Land Acquisition Bill is a done deal, it is worth doing a post-mortem on it.
That the Bill may do more harm than good in the short-run is apparent, since it arbitrarily seeks to price land at twice the market rate in urban areas and four times in rural areas. It also makes land acquisition difficult and time-consuming, since 70-80 percent consent of land owners will now be required, and there are elaborate provisions for rehabilitating and resettling the people affected by land sales.
However, even assuming industry is willing to fork out the money and wait three or four years to acquire land for infrastructure and other public purpose projects, the problem is that the Bill does not address the fundamental issue: the original sin relates to the Indian state's decision to delete the Right to Property from the list of fundamental rights every citizen is entitled to.
Without iron-clad property rights, the state can simply dispossess you and effectively deny you your other fundamental rights. The Right to Property is the foundation on which all other rights are built. Without wealth, property, income and the means to livelihood (which is the broader definition of the word property), the other freedoms (equality, free speech, and religion) mean little.The Land Acquisition Bill tries to make up for decades of land-grab from farmers and the poor by the state and its capitalist cronies but does not address the reason why this kind of arbitrary dispossession became the norm for decades: the abolition of the Right to Property as a Fundamental Right through the 44th Constitution Amendment Bill in 1978.
The 44th amendment deleted Article 19(f)(1) in Part III of the constitution which listed every citizen's fundamental rights, and also Article 31, which stipulated the conditions under which the state could coercively acquire property from private owners. Article 19(f)(1) gave citizens the fundamental right to "acquire, hold and dispose of property," while Article 31 specified that citizens had the "right not to be deprived of property save by authority of law" and also the "right to assert that property can be acquired or requisitioned by the state only for a public purpose" (Articles 31(1) and (2)).
The 44th amendment did not eliminate property rights altogether, but it reduced property to only a legal right. It was no longer fundamental. Property rights were pushed from the powerful protection available under Article 19 to Article 300A, and the limitations specified under article 31 were whittled down. Article 300A reduced the legal remedies available to citizens in case their properties were to be taken over. They could now approach only the high court under Article 226, and not the Supreme Court under Article 32 – which was faster and more effective, being a remedy for transgression of a "fundamental right."
In BR Ambedkar's original constitution, the Right to Property was right up there along with freedom of speech, right to equality, freedom of religion, minority rights, and the right to constitutional remedies if any right was infringed upon.


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Does a certain language force you to think in a certain way?
For inspiration, see what psycholinguists say in regards to natural language.
In natural language, it is no longer believed your mother tongue constrains your thoughts in any way. On the contrary, it may simply force you to fill in details other languages would leave implied. Some languages would force you to use geocentric coordinates, for instance, so that you described everything in terms of north, south, east and west rather than 'in front of you' or 'to the right of you'. Other languages require you to fill in details regarding how you learned a certain fact, meaning that the tense differs whether you were inferring a thing or knew it to be true. Still another, more popular language (some might know as English) require you to put every event in time using future, past or present tense, while not all languages (like Chinese) are bound by this rule.
I think there is a high correspondence between what we know of natural language and computer languages. Hence, we can ask a similar question here – does the choice of language constrain you to think in a certain way? Or more weakly, does a choice of language require details other languages do not? Our answer will be strikingly similar to the one found for natural languages.
First, no language forces you to think in any certain way. This may be eye-opening for those who have learned a procedural language and then went on to learn a functional one. They might claim that the procedural language forced them to think in terms of steps, while functional languages opened their minds to decomposing problems in other ways. This is absolutely true. One must realize, though, that you can write functional code in a procedural language. It's a way of thinking, and you can absolutely express things generally 'native' to one language in another as you see fit. A more crude saying that exemplifies this point is that "You can write Fortran in any language."
What we see is not that any language constrains you to think in a certain way, but because of what languages require of you, if you are not exposed to other languages, it is easiest to think in your mother language's preferred way.
Let's analyze C++ for example. Similar to the way French requires every object be a he or a she, C++ requires us to specify how we pass all of our arguments in our functions, whether by reference, pointer or value. These things are implied by other languages, yet C++ forces you to think about it. In C++, this turns into a lot of extra specification, but gives us the benefit of faster code if used wisely, while in languages like Python, we have to jump through extra hoops to ensure we pass arguments around efficiently.
Similarly, C++ requires us to tell the compiler whether we want to allocate a variable on the stack or on the heap, a detail that is not required of things like garbage collected languages. This means that a programmer very familiar with C++ will always think of things like object life cycles and the performance and safety benefits of stack versus heap allocations, while a programmer more familiar with C# will not take these details as seriously (even though C# uses stack and heap allocation too).
On the flip side, in English, we can suppose a gender for every object we like, and we have the ability to speak in terms of geocentric rather than egocentric coordinates. Likewise, all Turing complete languages can accomplish any goal, it's just a matter of how verbosely they do so and how 'natural' it appears. Because details like how an argument is passed and where it is allocated are not as important in a language like Python, it is less natural to optimize a Python program based on those things (although entirely possible). Conversely, because of the requirements of an intuitive understanding of the cardinal directions is required to speak in terms of geocentric coordinates provides a speaker of a geocentric language an uncanny ability to know where they are on the planet, the requirements of thinking about allocation schemes in C++ tends to leave the C++ programmer much more finely tuned to the issues of memory safety and resource allocation.
A keen example of this would be in the RAII idiom found in C++ versus other resource release schemes. Memory, after all, is only one resource that must be managed, so when it comes to safely releasing files, locks and other resources in the face of exceptions in other languages, some tooling is required. Compare the try/catch/finally block to the RAII scheme. Many C++ programmers, including this one, would say that an RAII scheme (or handle/body scheme) is cleaner, reads simpler, and is safer than a try/catch/finally system. Why does this cleaner result occur? Because C++ programmers are used to always thinking about resource allocation/free'ing, while other languages this concern is more foreign.
Just so you know this isn't a C++ fest, consider functional programming. Many functional programmers have pointed out that a few of our cherished Object Oriented 'patterns' are just functional programming in disguise, with "Strategy" being a good example. In a pure OO language, or an OO style of C++, strategy patterns require a bit of up front documentation and boilerplate, while in languages where functional idioms are expected, no such pomp and circumstance is required. Is the strategy pattern or lambda functions a better way to fulfill this need? Considering that like try/catch/finally blocks and RAII, both can express the other and are completely equivalent, there's no mathematical or computational reason to prefer one over the other. However, I think most people who are familiar with both approaches would agree that simple lambda functions are a cleaner way to solve problems the Strategy pattern could solve.
The take away here is that, yes, certain languages prefer you think in certain ways. But problems are best solved in a myriad of ways. The best way to learn about these different problem solving techniques is actually not to solve them in your mother tongue, but rather solve them in a cleaner tongue and figure out how that solution translates. We should not be teaching OO programmers the Strategy pattern, for instance, but rather teaching them higher level functional programming – then showing how the strategy pattern can fill this role in a purely OO language or design. Similarly, while thinking of the gender of an object can lead to some insight into design and understanding of it, it's boilerplate for the most part. Better to leave the gender ambiguous or non-existent, but be keenly aware of gender-requiring languages so that the concept is not entirely foreign to you.
Another deeper understanding to take away from this may be that the languages that are the 'best' are those that allow us to specify the most, but require us to specify the least. Imagine a form of English that can be written tense-less, yet one can add flow of time information as needed as an example.
A technique I like to use for creative insight is to map two concepts together using a metaphor, and then fill in the blanks where they don't line up.
For instance, writing prose and writing a program have a few similarities and a few differences. When writing prose, we plan and arrange linearly since that is the main way our words will be read. In programming, however, we plan and arrange fractally since programs can make much more of reuse and referring to generic/abstract code.
Editing and proofing have the same similarities save one. For instance, both programming and prose can make use of static tools to some effect. Spell checkers and to an extent grammar checkers have made our lives easier and a red squiggly line under a misspelled word is as helpful as an immediate compiler warning from the line you just finished. Both these tools have their drawbacks too – they're too focused, and can only catch 'easy' errors. A spell checker can't tell you if your article is convincing, nor can a lint tool check your business logic.
The best means of improving quality of prose, and to an extent programming, is still the peer review and edit cycle. Due to the nature of our product, we have more tools in the chest besides peer review, however the nature of the review is almost exactly the same even though each product has drastically different uses and signs of quality.
Enough of similarities – how about differences? I can't find, for example, an analogue to testing in writing. Testing seems to be completely derived from software (indeed, while it has some similarities to engineering tests, software style testing and debugging probably has the scientific method in its lineage rather than its suspected engineering heritage). This difference is interesting, but adds little to the discussion on the software side.
A more important difference is the editor role, and the general role of editing. It's reasonably well established in literary disciplines that your first draft is, well, a first draft. You will be re-arranging it, slicing it up, adding here, taking away there, and fine tuning your diction before you're done. I believe in software this is very similar to the practice of refactoring, but to a much larger degree. In software, refactoring is something we do if we have time, or something we'd like to do more of. In writing, editing is seen as just as value added as the original writing. Being an editor is a dedicated profession, while being a 'refactor-er' would be seen as skirting the important work of cranking out KLOC.
Maybe there is a lesson in here? Maybe software's curse of reinventing the wheel even can be extended to re-discovering what other writers have known for centuries? Should we be spending as much as, if not more time rewriting and refactoring our programs as we do on our initial designs and prototypes?
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800 Numbers
How many of you take advantage of 800 numbers? Did you know:
1) Save the price of a postage stamp or long-distance call: use toll-free 800 numbers whenever possible. Many businesses maintain these numbers to take orders and handle questions and complaints. A number of government agencies also have 800 "hot lines".
2) If you don't know a specific 800 number – or if you're not sure the company or agency has one – dial 1-800-555-1212 and ask.
3) You can also go to the internet for 800 numbers. I go to Yahoo and in the search category type in: 800 phone number directory. There are all kinds of listings for 800 directories.
4) If you know what you want but don't know the name of the company, refer to the classified section in an 800 directory (sold in both consumer and business edition). Not every 800 number is listed in the directory, however.
5) Why doesn't someone pick up the phone? Because not all 800 lines are manned around the clock; consider time-zone differences when making the call.
6) When placing an order, have your credit card number and all product information at hand. Make a written record of the order, including the name of the person you talked to, the date, the amount, and the estimated delivery date.
7) Don't confuse 800 and 900 numbers: 800 series numbers are free, whereas 900 numbers are not. Please don't get the two confused.
Why pay for a long distance phone call when you can use an 800 phone number.


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10 Ways To Stop Spending Money On Cars
By December 24, 2017on
1. Don't Lease.
2. Really. I'm not kidding. Don't lease a car.
3. I said don't lease the God damn car. Am I gonna have to get Jersey on your ass?
4. Don't give me a lecture about safety standards. The average driver gets in an accident every 18 years and a fatality occurs roughly once every 100 million miles traveled. You know what kills people? Cupcakes. No joke. Heart disease is eighteen times more deadly. So go eat an apple instead and don't lease a car.
5. That car review you just read… is fiction. The guy writing it is paid to make cars out to be the embodiment of freedom. He won't tell you that all you're doing in the real world is listening to music, commuting, and going at the same artificially low rate of speed as the car in front of you. Is all that boredom really worth over $17,000 of savings during the next three years? I'm being nice. Don't lease a car.
6. So you wanna blow your financial brains out? Before you eat the bullet, check out how much it cost to even register a new car these days, and then tack on the jaw dropping insurance rates and the dealer's bogus fees. Don't lease the car. Stop bothering me if you're not willing to take my advice.
7. What should you get instead? Do the math on what you already got first. Fix whatever needs to be fixed if the numbers make sense. If it's looking a bit old, go buy some spray wax. The damn stuff is dirt cheap – pennies per squirt. Oh, wait. You're still highly allergic to my ideas. Fine then. Leave me alone and go play in traffic.
8. So you ignored my advice, went to the dealership, and now you're posting the new car of your dreams to all your friends on Instagram. Did you really want a Corolla that badly? Sigh… go ahead and lease the car. I'm done with you.
9. You leased the car and want me to 'like' that picture of you with that rolling debt barnacle. Tough noogies! I would rather like this Yiddish Yodeler. At least she has money in her retirement fund.
10. It's three years later, you now own nothing, and I just saw your car sell at a dealer auction at a hefty discount. You now want car advice? Okay, here it is. If Jesus was walking the Earth during this holiday season, he wouldn't lease a new car. Only a pagan would do that.
Owners go far further in life than debtors. No matter what the pundits say leasing is a no-win situation for millions of consumers who are foolish enough to believe them.
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do you think guys screen protector solves the keypad touching the screen becoz when i bought my E90 I actually bought also a screen protector but even if it has screen protctor still I can see keypads leaving marks on the screen..
The screen protectors are in the PDA accesories or Foto Cameras accesories shops!Another good review here: http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/review_e90.php
What abt the battery looseness and cover,the rattle of batt is annoying,i had to put padding which is ridiculous.The inner screen protector is 50$ but u hav to waist 2 or 3 to get them right,otherwise bubbles remain source of view hindrance.What is use of updating when hardware problem
I state that my purchase date is 20th Dec 07 but same problem of screen touching,version 184.108.40.206 battery cover loose. These r hardware problems unless the hinges are thickned which will look akward,design new battery not the 9500 repeat,its loosness will never go. Only answer is when u buy pay 850$ and realise after u cant do anything.
is there a fax on E90 like nokia 9500 ,if not is there any software to solve it or its a hardware problem,pls send me a solution?
I got the E90 it is a very good phone, but i only have a small problem, that the phone isn't compatible with my car bluetooth kit, (BMW 320i), does anyone have a solution for this?
hi freinds
those who have bought e90 in first week of dec in very latest lot please post your commebts regarding key pads touching inner screen and leaving marks company says that they have rectified the faults but user can only give us positive feed back for above complain which is main in e90 so all users who bought e90 this month after using for 15 days any marks on inner screen because of key touching inner screen please update us
how good this phone were, it couldn't sync office document , really regret to buy it..
I tot it same like the window mobile that can synchronize everything including the office document in a specified folder...
it is important for me.. but I think maybe is not important for others.. becoz I gone the whole page, I never found anyone highlight about this.. or, u all do not know hv this such thing? or, u hv any solution for me?
To Tony,
I understood from your post that screen-protector should resolve
the problem of keyboard keys touching
inner wide screen.
Where should I get such protector?
Thank you anyway for reading
this post.
Yes the keys touch leave marks on screen protector only solution.Mic is another problem it is clear when loudspeaker on u can hear the ditortion and breaking of voice.These r hardware problems which cannot be removed no update can remove u hav to live with menance.Nokia should immediately suspen its shipment to save people their hard earned money. But it seems people r crazy let the hardware prob modified mine is7.40 850 from dubai,the vibration function is too much rattle maybe touch the body. its batt cover plus batt itself are loose and both rattle or if fone moved left to right it is irritating too
Thanks for your reply dy..
I backed-up everything,made the upgrade to the new firmware (indeed everything on the phone was deleted) & restored everything back from my laptop..
To people complaining from the keypad touching the screen, have you tried closing it gently instead of snapping the lid when closing it????
hi,, unfortunatly i can not see this E90 here in egypt coz it is not allowed due to its GPS feature,, help us,,,,,,,,
YES!key touching inner screen leaving marks on screen!Nokia must make another design,becouse for this design it is impossible the keys to not touch the screen!Problem solves wit screen protector aplied on the screen!Or put a little rubber on the left/right corners on the original rubber...
I would like to know that new e90 who has bought new since last 10days does key touches inner screen pl post true update it will solve many people problem so we are waiting for answer from max user about key touching inner screen leaving marks on screen
"does the keypad touches the screen?" YES!But I put one screen protector for PDA's and I have no problem now!
nice great phone! i got a 2nd hand unit from my cousin. i've been enjoying e90 for a couple of months now.. i change phone often but i got stock with this e90 so.. cool phone.
yes, upgrading ur phone looses all the stored data in ur phone..i just upgraded mine!
Both of faults relate to hardware, Mic Keypad screen touch and battery cover loose even when grip to hear fon it rattles n ur hand,giving its going to fall. shame o n nokia a 800$ set still has flaws but still people hipnotised to by defective. Opening big screen is not easy the directional pad up down mov is tough with standard fingers to accept cancell or nxt u hav to take ur fingers up and down riduculus
I love this amazing phone..
No regrets at all..
One question please..
Does upgrading the firmawre affect my stored data on the phone??


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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Kurt of Glee Thesis
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i started watching it like three days ago. caught up with all the episodes. Love it!!!!!ReplyDelete
I think your thesis sounds like you're covering it all! (: What'd you think about Kurt in tonight's episode? I'm glad they're finally adding more to his story because I feel like this show brings up new topics really abruptly and makes other storylines disappear.ReplyDelete
It's good that they get into some of the issues of growing up gay (in the middle of the country) but Kurt's character is so extraordinarily feminine it's difficult to see him as a positive representation (which is how I can't help but feel about Glee in general.)ReplyDelete
yeah.. i mean,to a certain extent, i think that Dylan is right. the show is soo extreme about these stereotypes (even last night's show about the disabilities) that i think it springs a loooot of debate.ReplyDelete
but on the other side of the medal, you could argue that in today's society, in order for these underdogs to be seen at all, the only way to represent them is through these extreme stereotypes, thus giving it a chance to be seen (and even maybe despised) by the society, which might in turn end up as a protest against these stereotypes.
uum... sort of a confusing comment, but when i thought it up in my head, it definitely made a lot more sense;)
Here's an interesting, relevent article abour Kurt as a gay character from Newsweek..ReplyDelete


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The Stars of the White Nights 2017″ International Ballet and Opera Festival
- Over 160 performances and concerts featuring international stars;
- The premierre of the opera "Adriana Lecouvreur" featuring Anna Netrebco;
- St.Petersburg premierre of the opera "Chess King" by Alexander Tchaikovsky;
- Ballet premierres: "Yaroslavna" by Boris Tishchenko staged by Vladimir Varnava and "Seasons" by Max Richter staged by Ilya Zhivoi;
- Performances dedicated to 135 Anniversary of Igor Stravinsky;
- Performances dedicated to 85 Anniversary of Rodion Shchedrin;
- Parade of the famous instrumentalists.
Prior to the XXV Stars of the White Nights festival on 24 May at the Mariinsky II the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev will perform Giuseppe Verdi's "I vespri siciliani" featuring Ildar Abdrazakov, Vladislav Sulimsky, Irina Churilova. During the festival the production will also be performed on 23 and 24 June. There will be Albina Shagimuratova`s recital on 25 May at the Concert Hall of Mariinsky. The concert will be conducted by Valery Gergiev.
On 26 May the festival opens with a concert by Daniil Trifonov (piano) together with The Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev on the stage of Mariinsky II. At the historic Mariinsky Theatre there will be a performance of the ballet "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai" by Boris Asafiev. And the Concert Hall will perform the opera "Boyarina Morozova" by Rodion Shchedrin (concert performance).
Marking 135 years since the birth of Igor Stravinsky on 17 June on the birthday of the composer it will be held his masterpieces only: at the historic Mariinsky Theatre will perform "The Firebird" ballet (16:00) and "Ballets to music by Igor Stravinsky" (20:00), and at the Concert Hall will perform "Stravinsky. L'Histoire du soldat" featuring Children's Studio of the Mariinsky Theatre (15:00) and Symphony programme conducted by Valery Gergiev (20:00). On 18 June at the Concert Hall there will be Leonid Karev (organ) recital to the music of Igor Stravinsky.
Marking the 85th Anniversary of Rodion Shchedrin the theatre will perform his opera "The Lefthander" conducted by Valery Gergiev on 30 May, ballets "The Little Humpbacked Horse" (13 and 14 June) and "Anna Karenina" (11 and 12 July). At the Concert Hall there will be shown for 2 times the opera "Not Love Alone" staged by Alexander Kuzin (8 and 22 June) and also the opera "The Enchanted Wanderer" (19 June).
The main opera premierre of the Festival will be "Adriana Lecouvreur" by Francesco Cilea directed by Isabelle Partiot-Pieri starring with Anna Netrebco, Vladislav Sulimsky and Yusif Eyvazov (18 and 21 June, 20 and 21 July, Mariinsky II). It will be for the first time not only for Anna Netrebco but for Mariinsky theatre as well and for Valery Gergiev that will conduct this opera.
The only opera of Sergey Taneyev "Oresteia" that was premierred at Mariinsky in 1895 will performed on 13 June under the conduction of Leon Botstein – music director of American Symphony Orchestra. The American premierre of the production was held in 2013.
St.Petersburg premierre of the opera "Chess King" by Alexander Tchaikovsky written to the 150th Anniversary of Moscow conservatory will held at the Concert Hall of Mariinsky on 7 July.
You will hear the great voices of the world opera stars during the XXV Stars of the White Nights festival. The one of the most world popular singer Placido Domingo will be appearing with Ekaterina Semenchuk in the opera "Macbeth" on 2 July. The famous Ferruccio Furlanetto will starring on 28 June in the opera "Don Quichotte". Maria Guleghina appear in the opera "Turandot" on 6 June. Eva-Maria Westbroek will appear as Katerina Izmailova in the opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" on 29 June. Albina Shagimuratova will starring in the opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" on 15 July. The brilliant staff of voices will be performed on 25 June in the opera "Nabucco" conducted by Valery Gergiev : Ekaterina Gubanova, Tatiana Serjan, Sergei Skorokhodov, Roman Burdenko. The leading soloist of Mariinsky theatre will appear in the performances of the Festival: Vladimir Galuzin in the opera "The Queen of Spades" on 27 May and "Otello" on 10 July, Olga Borodina in "Khovanshchina" on 29 May and The recital evening on 5 June, Ildar Abdrazakov in the opera "I vespri siciliani" on 23 June, Elena Stihina will starring in the opera "Salome" on 3 July, Michail Vekua in the opera "The Queen of Spades" on 13 July, Sergei Skorokhodov in the opera "Lohengrin" on 14 July, Vladislav Sulimsky in the opera "Mazepa" on 16 July. There will be a kaleidoscope of duets and ensembles of world opera stars in several performances: Ildar Abdrazakov will be appearing with Tatiana Serjan in the opera "Attila" on 31 May, "Samson et Dalila" opera will starring with Ekaterina Semenchuk, Michail Vekua and Roman Burdenco on 3 June, opera "Aida" will be performed by Ekaterina Semenchuk and Tatiana Serjan on 7 June, the opera "Don Carlo" will be performed by Alexei Markov, Ekaterina Semenchuk and Tatiana Serjan on 10 June, the opera "Il trovatore" will be performed by Alexei Markov and Ekaterina Semenchuk on 4 July.
Soloists of The Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers will appear in performances at the Concert Hall of Mariinsky. It will be operas in a concert performances: "Werther" by Jules Massenet starring with Yulia Matochkina on 28 May and Yekaterina Sergeeva on 8 July, "La Fille du régiment" by Gaetano Donizetti and "Cendrillon" by Jules Massenet performed by Olga Pudova on 23 June and 14 July, "The Stone Guest" by Alexander Dargomyzhsky on 6 June, "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by Kirill Molchanov on 2 July, "Cléopâtre" by Jules Massenet on 3 July, "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" by Vincenzo Bellini on 6 July. Also it will be shown the performances: "The Idiot" by Mieczysław Weinberg on 2 June, "The Diary of a Madman" by Yuri Butsko on 3 June and "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Grigory Frid on 11 June.
The young choreographers Ilya Zhivoi and Vladimir Varnava prepare the premiers. Ilya Zhivoi will present the ballet "Seasons" to the music of Max Richter on 19 and 20 June at Mariinsky II. And Vladimir Varnava will perform his ballet "Yaroslavna" by Boris Tishchenko that will be conducted by Valery Gergiev on 30 June and 1,2 July at Mariinsky II. Besides the premierres in the playbill you will able to see the best classical works: "Swan Lake", "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai", "The Nutcracker", "Don Quichotte", "Giselle", "Jewels", "Le Corsaire", "La Sylphide", "La Bayadère", "Cinderella", "Le Parc". Twice you will able to see the premier of the seeason 2016/17 "Paquita" by Édouard Deldevez on 15 and 16 June. The leading soloists of Mariinsky and guest soloists will be performing this ballet.
Music by Richard Wagner at Mariinsky theatre. In June at the Concert Hall of Mariinsky will sound the musik of Richard Wagner under the conducting of Valery Gergiev. In the concert "Wagner Gala" will sing Anja Kampe (soprano) on 4 June. The opera in a concert "Tristan und Isolde" that will take place during three nights on 14,15,16 June will performed by Ekaterina Gubanova, Heidi Melton, Michail Vekua, Yevgeny Nikitin, Rene Pape.
On 29 May at the Concert Hall of Mariinsky will take place the a film "La passion de Jeanne d'Arc" by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928) accompanied by Organ improvisations by Thierry Escaich.
Traditionally the festival's participants include famous musicians who will be performing with the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev in addition to performing recitals. Piano soloists: Behzod Abduraimov, Sergey Babayan, Christian Blackshaw, Maestro Rudolf Buchbinder, Alexei Volodin, Nikolai Lugansky, Maestro Denis Matsuev, Daniil Trifonov, viloin soloists Kristof Barati, Leonidas Kavakos, Baiba Skride, Peter Zimmermann, cellists Várdai István, David Geringas, Jan Vogler, organists Karol Mossakowski and the other.
The XXV Stars of the White Nights festival will gather world famous conductors. On 5 July you will see Gianandrea Noseda. In the concert performances you will see Darrell Ang, Leon Botstein, Mischa Damev, Jacek Kaspszyk, Gustavo Gimeno. Opera performances will be conducted by Placido Domingo and Andrea Battistoni.
Among the guest orchestras you will see A Russo-German Music Academy Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev on 24 June, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra that will be performed on 9 June and All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Yuri Bashmet on 1 june.
About "The Stars of the White Nights" Festivals
The Stars of the White Nights is one of the brightest stars of the music and theatre universe and has emerged to be one of the most popular and grandiose music forums in its context and scale.
The Stars of the White Nights Festival was created in 1993 by Maestro Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Theatre Artistic and General Director. Maestro Gergiev says that he conceived the first Festival as a "musical gift" to the city from the Mariinsky and its star-artists. From the very beginning the Festival has been focused on the masterpieces of the world's music discovering for its audience some rarely performed or undeservedly forgotten pieces.
The Stars of the White Nights Festival has gained in strength, popularity and international acclaim. The duration for the Festival it has expanded from ten days to three months during the last sixteen year. Renowned conductors and star-artists take as great honour the invitation to perform at the Stars of the White Nights. Each year the Festival programme includes the Theater's finest opera and ballet productions, great symphonic works, masterpieces of chamber music and new premieres.
During the last years the Festival programme has included the works created by the great classical composers – Beethoven symphonies, Prokofiev's and Tchaikovsky's operas, ballets and symphony music. Major events at the Stars have included the production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, in addition to the Shostakovich and Mahler Symphonies series.
This festival is a must for ballet, opera and classical music amateurs. The annual Stars of the White Nights Festival takes an inspiration for its name from the short summer season when the sun never sets, and the beauty of St-Petersburg White Nights contributes to the festival's special atmosphere and its world-class programme of concerts, as audience comes out of the historic theatre at midnight into daylight to stroll along the streets of the theatrical setting of St Petersburg


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So I haven't had a chance to post anything for a few weeks. Excuse #1 – I went on holiday! (You have to spoil yourself every now and then). Excuse #2 – I've been ill (sad face). However, as I'm now feeling a bit better I thought I'd quickly share with you some photos I took at Hobbiton in New Zealand (yes, this is the actually place where they shot scenes from LOTR and The Hobbit!! Cool hey?).
So where is this wonderful place?
It's located in New Zealand's north Island, in a place called Matamata. You can easily do a day trip up there from Auckland if you're driving yourself, or go on a tour bus.
Was it really that good?
Yes, and no. The scenery around Hobbiton is superb (as is much of the scenery in NZ). It was easy to see why they choose that location to shoot the LOTR scenes there. However, once there you can't go looking around by yourself. To get into the actual 'Hobbiton' area you need to go on one of their Hobbiton tour buses, and stay with a tour guide. This is what lets the trip down. Don't get me wrong, the tour guide was nice and knew a lot of LOTR and what happened on the set, but the there were just waayyyy too many people on the tour and the next tour bus is only a few mins behind you, so you have to move around quickly. This meant there were long waits to take a photo (you can bring your own camera! yay!), and you were moved around quite quickly and didn't really have enough time to take in everything around you. As the tour guide kept moving ahead and you're waiting to take a photo it also means you miss most of what he says (unless you're that luck person who's always right up the front) – and he actually had some interesting stuff to say! Unfortunately we missed out on everything that was said after about the first 5 minutes.
On the plus side, the hobbit holes were cool, and there's even one you can stand in the door way of which is cool, however, none are actually furnished inside which would have been REALLY cool. Also there were HEAPS of hobbit holes! Much more than I was expecting. The place itself however didn't look particularly neat at a distance, but the individual hobbit holes were well done, and the view over the lake is very beautiful. So, you walk along the track past many of these hobbit holes, past the 'party scene' area and over the bridge before coming to The Green Dragon. Now this place was cool because it actually operates as a pub (kinda). You're able to purchase drinks and some food. However it is only accessible to people who go on the tour. But you do get a free drink when you get there! (Unfortunate though if you don't like beer, but still, a nice surprise). You get a little bit of time there before jumping back onto the bus and heading back to the main area where there's a cafe (which surprising closes before all the tours have finished..) and gift shop (which doesn't have as much too it as I though it would). But overall worth a look to see where Frodo and Bilbo grew up!
Hopefully I have satisfied your geek fix for now and fingers crossed I'll be up to make more geeky crafts soon!


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Pink is not a colour I possess a huge amount of in my wardrobe. It's not that I don't like it, in the right shade I really do, but when buying, my preference has always been for the softer shades for my skin tone rather than the stronger pinks.
Along with a resurgence in all things frilly, statement sleeves and velvet, pink it seems, is the new black for 2017, with every shade imaginable hitting the high street stores. Pink has not always been to everyones taste. Some believing it too 'girly' or 'barbie' like, for women not to be taken seriously – think perceptions of Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde.. and then remember how wrong they were on that front! However, fast forward 16 years and pink is taking the fashion world by storm as the new colour to be seen in. Attitudes are changing and no longer is it simply the girly colour of choice and styled in the right way, is considered an appropriate colour to wear to a business meeting.
There is something about pastel pink in particular that I am naturally drawn to, so when I popped into Topshop recently, although I wasn't on a mission to find an oversized pink jumper, when I saw this one, it jumped out at me! It's incredibly soft to the touch and super slouchy and most importantly goes perfectly with my gorgeous pale pink trainers from Dune London and pale blue ripped jeans for a casual Spring look. I accessorised with my new rose gold Apple Watch which just happened to come with a rose gold Milanese strap (got completely spoiled on Mother's Day this year!) and am totally in love with it.
I had a look online and can't find this exact jumper on the Topshop website (although there are similar ones) but I got mine in my local store in Tunbridge Wells so for those of you looking for the ultimate snuggle jumper then you better look quick before it goes! 🙂


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Another phenomenon of today's political campaigns is the opposition "tracker"—a person (usually a student or other young person) that follows a candidate's opposition with a video camera waiting for a "I served in Vietnam" moment.
It seems the gubernatorial campaign of Ned Lamont has taken the tracker tactic to another level. Lennie Grimaldi, author of the popular blog, www.onlyinbridgeport.com , recounts an appearance in Bridgeport by Democratic party-endorsed candidate Dan Malloy. Malloy was in the city to tour Steel Point, a redevelopment site with great potential.
Lamont, of course, has the capacity to wheel out a barrel full of money for the best tracker money can buy. And Malloy, The Shad is sure, has his own people watching Lamont. It's just in this case, it's a little over the top; but what isn't in this election cycle?


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Williams-Sonoma Inc. shares sunk nearly 30 percent Monday after the kitchen-gadget retailer said it would miss earnings expectations by a wide margin.
Analysts quickly put stock recommendations on the chopping block after Williams-Sonoma (WSM) said third-quarter earnings would be off by as much as 77 percent, or 4 to 6 cents a share.
Investors did the same, paring off $7.94 to $18.94, or 29.5 percent.
The consensus of 22 analysts reporting to First Call Corp. was at 18 cents a share for the third quarter, and $1.44 for the year.
In a conference call with analysts and investors, Williams-Sonoma executives said they weren't absolutely sure what seared sales and couldn't even speculate on the fourth quarter.
CEO Howard Lester said sales were considerably under expectations in four of the retailer's six catalogs, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn for Kids, and Hold Everything. Sales at in Pottery Barn Bed + Bath, and Chambers are off, but less so.
Typically, new product offerings coupled with increased circulation feed sales, which were up 50 percent in the same period last year.
Williams-Sonoma first noticed slight sales sluggishness in August, but in recent weeks the slowdown has been "dramatic," Lester said. The weakest category has been in furniture, particularly in the new bamboo styles introduced this year. Traffic at the stores is off as well.
"If it were just Pottery Barn, I would tend to be very critical of ourselves," Lester said. "But what concerns us is that we are seeing negative response across four different catalogs. That's very unusual for us—we've never really seen this before."
Lester said that direct sales should rise about 30 percent in the third quarter, which would fall "substantially less" than internal estimates.
Clearance sales should secure the comparable-store projections in the 4-5 percent range, but gross margins will suffer because of them. Also, advertising costs as a percentage of sales will be off.
"I don't know of any way we would have known that we were going to have this major drop in sales," Lester said, responding to a conference call question about why the company didn't calculate such a huge drop.
"This year we forecast (internally) something in excess of 40 percent" growth over last year's 50 percent jump," he said. "Perhaps in retrospect, that was more aggressive than it should have been."
We're sorry, we're embarrassed, we're angry, we're all those things," he added. "But most of all we're going to go back to work and figure out what's wrong here. We'll correct it and go back to building our brands
"I really think this is a bump in the road," he said.
In a separate release, Williams-Sonoma said CFO John Tate was leaving Nov. 1 and would be replaced by Sharon McCollam. Tate resigned to join Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.


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Brenda's love of books began as a child. She ran into the living room holding "Old Hat, New Hat", tripped and smashed into the corner of the coffee table. The book sustained a deep gouge in its cover, and Brenda has never forgotten its sacrifice.
As a teenager, she saved babysitting money to buy a typewriter. It had an electric keyboard with manual return, and cost more than $300. She clacked away at that for hours.
Her first finished novel was still decades away, even though many others died on the page in the intervening years. It wasn't until her husband bought her her very own laptop for Christmas 2010 that she managed to type "The End" on what would eventually be MOUNTAIN FIRE.
Brenda lives in Northern British Columbia with her husband, various finny and furry pets and has three adult children. By day she is Production Manager at the local television station, and by night she pecks away at her works in progress.


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Ghana have scored
It's a goal for all of Africa.
- gonad this'd this
Waka waka
It's time for Africa
Apart from Eugene Terre Blanche.
I heard he was Johnny Borrell's real dad.
I'm at a loss who to ban here
so I did both of you.PowerCorruptionNPies this'd this
- Parsefone this'd this
Tonight there's Ghana be a jailbreak
Somewhere in the, er, jail.


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Scuba Diving with the Air-Lock
Amputee does over 300 saltwater dives with the Air-Lock. Find our how it holds up in diverse conditions.
NEW Air-Lock Lamination
Instruction Video
Very thorough instructions of entire prosthetic fabrication process using Coyote Designs CD103 Air-Lock. Video depicts layup, lamination and finishing of prosthetic. The layup uses Coyote Composite and Coyote Design's CD103AF Alignable Connector. The lamination uses modified acrylic resin (Nano Resin). The cast is modified with the StabileFlex Transtibial Socket Design.
A lightweight, dual-suspension pin system designed to combine suction suspension comfort with pin suspension security. The airtight seal prevents air from coming into the bottom of the socket, creating suction and reducing pistoning even without a sleeve! Also available with a longer pin for patients who struggle with pin engagement.
CD103 | Air-Lock
84 grams, 2.26" diameter
265 lb weight limit
Build height: 1.625"
Amputation Type: AK, BK
Activity Level: Any
Patent No. 6334876
CD103S | Small Air-Lock
35 grams, 1.24" diameter
265 lb weight limit
Build height: 1.625"
Amputation Type: AK, BK, UE, Peds
Activity Level: Any
CD103M | Medium Air-Lock
57 grams, 1.85" diameter
265 lb weight limit
Build height: 1.625"
Amputation Type: AK, BK, UE, Peds
Activity Level: Any
CD103SD | Deep Small Air-Lock
Deeper housing to accept the long
pin. Adds extra 0.350" of length to pin.
Includes one pin, and most parts for
fabrication except connector.
CD103D | Deep Air-Lock
Deeper housing to accept the long pin. Adds extra .35" of length to pin. Includes one pin, and most parts for fabrication except connector.
Coyote Design has a new medium sized Air-Lock for
in-between limb sizes. It is designed to give a more
intimate custom fit for smaller limb types.
Prosthetic arm is using a Small Air-Lock with a deep recess for the button. This recess was created by using a CD103ELD Exo Lamination Plug during fabrication. The button is capped with a CD103RBC Release Cover Button filling the hole nicely, giving the recessed hole a more finished look while making the button more comfortable to push.
The recessed button in this
Air-Lock transtibial socket was fabricated using the CD103ELD Exo Lamination Plug .
The CD103RBC Release Botton Cover can give a more finished look when using the Exo Lamination Plug.
The Release Button Cover is added to end of release button to make it easier for patients to release the lock. Ideal for geriatric patients or others with lower dexterity or limited hand strength.
Coyote Design's prosthetic locks are made to stand up to the elements so you can participate in whatever life brings.
CD118P | Locking Lanyard Pin
Airtight, water-resistant, lanyard lock
Same simple fabrication as the Deep Air-Lock
and Deep Easy-Off Lock pin systems.
It is recommended to use the Deep Air-Lock or Deep Easy-Off Lock with the Locking Lanyard Pin.
5 Degree AK Connector, Deep Air-Lock and Deep Easy-Off Lock are sold separately.
CD118P Locking Lanyard Pin Instructions pdf
Coyote Design's Small Air-Lock and Medium Air-Lock can also be used for pediatric prosthetics.
Our prosthetic locks are sand, mud and water-resistant which is a great attribute for prosthetics for children.
Let kids be kids.
Pin lock wear and care instructions.
CD103M Medium Air-Lock Instructions pdf
Single Lamination and Offset Fabrication
The fabrication procedure for the Air-Lock and Easy-Off Lock
is a time and money saver. The Alignable Connector is
attached to the lock in the desired location for prosthetic
alignment, allowing the lock to remain in ideal lock alignment
for easy engagement. A single lamination is done that
incorporates the lock and the connector into the socket. The
offset capability saves money by eliminating need for offset
components, and saves time with a single lamination and
easy component setup.
Billing Information
Coyote Design® believes that "suction" in a prosthetic refers to negative pressure created inside the socket, rather than componentry such as an expulsion valve or sleeve. Because we think of suction as a function, we believe it should be permitted to bill L5671 in conjunction with the L5647 or L5652 in cases when it is medically necessary. As with other situations where multiple suspension methods are used and billed we feel the combination of a lock and suction helps to increase safety for the patient.
For more information on billing the Air-Lock and on our socket pressure study between airtight and tradition pins contact Coyote Design.
Alignable Connector
Offset up to 0.6"
Extra 8-click Pin
1.3" long includes spacers
Extra 11-click Pin
1.65" long includes spacers
Lock wrench
Makes maintenance easy
One-Shot Connector
Offset up to 0.6"
Single Direction Insert
Offset up to 0.33"
Multi-Direction Insert
Offset up to 0.33"
Exo Lamination Plug
Used when fabricating the Air-Lock in Exo sockets.
CD103P8H Brass Pin
Extra 8-click Pin
1.3" long includes spacers
CD103P11H Brass Pin
Extra 11-click Pin
1.65" long includes spacers
CD103P8S Solid Plastic Pin
This pin is for low activity only (K2)
Extra 8-click Pin
1.3" long includes spacers
CD1118P Locking Lanyard Pin
11-click Pin with Lanyard and O-ring
1.65" long includes spacers
CD118PD Lanyard Pin Disk
Disk for attaching lanyard to socket
Sold Separately
CD103GP Guide Pin
Guide Pin - helpful in drilling out bottom of Air-Lock or Easy-Off Lock.
The CD103RBC Release Botton Cover
Added to end of release button to make it easier for patients to release the lock. Ideal for geriatric patients or others with lower dexterity or limited hand strength.
Air-Lock Instruction Videos
Thorough video of entire Air-Lock fabrication process.
Fabrication for Locking Lanyard Pin and 5 Degree Connector.
Air-Lock & Easy Off Lock -Step 2-
Drape Molding Check Socket Fabrication Instructions
Air-Lock & Easy Off Lock -Step 3- Transferring Alignment CD103
Air-Lock and Easy-Off Lock -Step 5- Finish
CD103FD Flexible Inner Socket with and without Coyote Design Fabrication Dummy
Sealing leaky prosthetic socket
How to take an Air-Lock apart
Blister forming Air-Lock test socket
with connector
Modifying Air-Lock for long pin
Air-Lock & Easy Off Lock -Step1- Installing Lock On Mold
Air-Lock & Easy Off Lock -Step 4-
Layup CD103 and CD117 Easy Off Lock
CD103P8 Pin Adjustment
Salvaging Coyote Design Lock Parts
Blister forming Air-Lock test socket without connector
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I Timothy 6:3-8, 'If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord
Oh boy, has God gotta' blessing for you! Simply get out your credit card or check book and give the biggest 'SEED FAITH GIFT' you possibly can - and God is gonna' bless ya! But give God your best and do it in faith.
According to the gospel of Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Leroy Thompson, Mike Murdock and several other TBN favorites, simply give money to the work of the gospel consistently and you're guaranteed to receive a 30 fold, 60 fold or 100 fold return on that investment. Now whatever you do, please don't stop and actually do the math. You see, if we actually work the math on the "100-fold return" here's what you'd get:
- Give $100. According to the formula, God will return to you $10,000.
- Give give $10,000 and God is required to give back to you the amount of $1 million.
- Give God $1 million and He owes you $100 million.
Have you ever wondered how Saint Paul got along financially? Did he have a financially prosperous ministry? Let's read Saint Paul's own words:
I Corinthians 4:11 (NKJV)
11) 'To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12) And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13) being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world,...'
Several things about Paul's words stand out to me.
1. He suffered and endured in weakness in order to make others strong spiritually. (verse 10)
2. According to Paul's own words, at the moment of writing his letter Paul was suffering from both hunger and thirst. (verse 11)
3. According to Paul's own testimony he was poorly clothed, beaten and homeless. (verse 11)
4. He labored a job, working with his own hands. (verse 12)
What part of the word 'homeless' don't we understand? What part of the words 'hunger and thirst' are difficult to understand?
The time has come to look at the full counsel of scripture for what it plainly declares. All so-called ministers who sell blessings, promise financial abundance and make merchandise of God's precious sheep must be held accountable. Personally, I think their scheme fits the definition of criminal racketeering. They are knowingly and intentionally manipulating hurting, desperate people out of their hard earned cash. They are guilty of a serious criminal offense that merits jail time.


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Neymar flopped? Shocking!
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The six-eyed spiders were discovered in caves in Brazil.
Twitter's favorite alligator meme queen.
Scientists sequenced nearly 200 Zika genomes.
Scientists describe a certain chemical reaction in fungi for the first time.
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What happened with Ryan Lochte on that night out in Rio?
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Sunday, August 15
Overnight, the coyotes were howling, the starry night was better than Van Gogh's, and we all got a much needed good night's sleep.
Dan cooked bacon, eggs and toast for breakfast. We packed up camp and got on the road to yellowstone at 8:45 am.
After getting off I-90 and on to US Hwy 14 in Sheridan, we drove up into the mountains in Big Horn National Forest. On the way up the mountain, there were lots of wildflowers along the roadside. It's hard to identify them at driving speed, but I recognized silver lupine and indian paintbrush for sure. I dream of re-visiting the Burgess junction area again with wildflower books and digital SLR in hand.
Arrived in Yellowstone around 6 pm. Apparently it was perfect timing because on our way from the east entrance to our campground, we saw a moose, then a young grizzly (can you believe we saw a grizzly?!?), a big buck mule deer, and finally some more buffalo. We camped at bridge bay campground (which Dan says is like camping at the mall of America, since it has 425 campsites).
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MOSCOW, July 5 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Ministry of Science and Education is satisfied with the new edition of the on reorganization of the Russian Academy of Sciences which the Russian State Duma has passed in the second reading, Russian Minister of Science and Education Dmitry Livanov said on Friday.
"We are satisfied with the version that was adopted in the second reading. It preserves all the fundamental provisions: the separation of property and financial functions is regarded as extremely positive. A renovated academy will be created on the basis of three existing academies while academic institutes will be run by a special academic institutes agency which is currently being created," Livanov went on to say.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said earlier on Friday that the adoption of a bill on reorganization of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the second reading had been long-awaited for him. "This is certainly a long-awaited event," Medvedev told a meeting of the Council on improving the competitiveness of Russian Universities.
The Russian State Duma plenary meeting, the last in the spring session, passed a bill on the Russian Academy of Sciences reform in the second reading on Friday by 344 votes with one abstention. No deputies voted against the document.
The Russian government submitted a bill on reorganization of the Russian Academy of Sciences on June 28. The Duma adopted it in the first reading on July 3. The debates were accompanied by rallies and pickets set up by Russian scientists. The Communist Party of Russia faction demonstrably left the Duma plenary meeting last Wednesday in protest against the bill's accelerated consideration. They also boycotted the plenary meeting on Friday. The deputies, headed by the Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, held emergency consultations with members of the Russian Academy of Sciences who were headed by the Academy's newly elected President Vladimir Fortov. They literally worked round the clock. As a result, a revised version of reform that takes account of the academicians' concerns was presented to the Russian State Duma.
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The Ontario Government approved a regulation on April 6, 2011 that allows Ontario's optometrists to start prescribing medications for their patients. Optometrists will now be able to prescribe treatments for conditions ranging from routine bacterial eye infections to more serious diseases including glaucoma. The most common acute eye problem is a red eye, most of the time this is an inflammatory condition and not infectious. Optometrists have the equipment required to determine the cause, and can now prescribe the proper treatment. This decision by the Ontario government will alleviate
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Dry eye is one of the most common eye conditions we encounter in daily practice. Your tears are a crucial part of clear comfortable vision. Without a smooth healthy tear film on the surface of the eye, the world you see can be very blurry. Surprisingly, one of the most common symptoms of a dry eye is a watery eye. This excessive tearing is often in response to irritation or even inflammation on the front surface of the eye. This excess watering however does not help with the dryness. It can actually make it worse – similar to how your skin wrinkles or dries out if in a bathtub for too long. Dry eye can make routine tasks such as reading, working on the computer or driving more frustrating and even uncomfortable. If left untreated, it can lead to pain, ulcers, or even scars on the front surface of the eye. Other common symptoms are a burning gritty sensation, stringy discharge, blurred vision, contact lens intolerance or redness. Dry eye can be caused by age, certain medications, hormonal changes, medical conditions (diabetes, Sjogren's), environmental factors and even incomplete blinking. If you feel you are suffering from some of these symptoms, give our office a call for an assessment and we'd be happy recommend a treatment plan.
Why is it becoming harder to read?
Presbyopia is the loss of ability to focus that comes with getting older, and everyone must tolerate it eventually. Most people are between the ages of 40 and 50 when they first become aware that they are losing the ability to see near objects or reading material close to their eyes. They have to hold the newspaper farther from their eyes to see it clearly. At the same time, their focus for distant objects remains normal. In the early stages of presbyopia, your eyes may become strained after a long period of close work, or eventually blur. You may have difficulty shifting your focus from near to far - when you look up from reading, your distance vision may stay blurred for several seconds or even minutes before it clears. These symptoms worsen later in the day, when you are tired. Presbyopia is caused by the lens within the eye losing its flexibility, which decreases the eye's ability to change focus between close-up and faraway objects. Whenever the time comes that your eyes can no longer generate enough extra optical power to focus up close, you will need help in the form of glasses or contact lenses. People sometimes notice that their presbyopia gets "worse" after they start wearing reading glasses. The fact is, presbyopia will "worsen" whether you wear glasses or not, and putting off the use of corrective lenses will not slow down the presbyopia. Whether you are nearsighted, farsighted, astigmatic, or have perfect vision without glasses,you will still become presbyopic by middle age.
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Ptosis - an upper eyelid that droops - is an annoying condition that can affect one or both lids. It is usually not serious unless the eyelids are drooping so much that they are interfering with vision. Ptosis is caused by any number of conditions that affect the muscle (levator) that holds the upper eyelid in proper position and moves it up and down. Most cases of ptosis in an adult comes on gradually during the later years of life, as part of the normal aging process. Newborns and infants can also appear to have a droopy eyelid. Less common causes include injury, previous eye surgery, and neurological and muscular problems. The levator muscle itself or its nerve supply can be involved in a systemic condition, such as diabetes. It is important in all of these scenarios to see your optometrist to determine the proper course of action. If the ptosis is not bothering your vision, and you are not concerned with its appearance, your optometrist may not recommend doing anything. If further testing or surgery is required, your optometrist will be able to make these arrangements .Make sure to contact your eye doctor if you have any questions regarding this condition.


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Decorate your outdoor living area with a festive charm using this Camco Manufacturing Retro Motorhomes Party Lights. Every 8-foot strand has ten lights and an end connector that helps for hook strands together. These retro motorhome party lights come with inbuilt overload protection and are UL approved for both indoor and outdoor use.
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Hey! So it's nearly 6:00 and I just got up from a nap. Last night, before I went to bed, I started to feel a little chilled. I thought maybe it was just because the air was on, but that wasn't it. I had fever!! I took my temperature and it was nearly 100 degrees! I went to bed right away, but as you can imagine I didn't sleep at all. I tossed and turned all night and started coughing in the middle of the night. Ugh. I hate being sick.
The only picture that I took today was of my breakfast. 🙂
Orange Creme Smoothie:
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I went over to my brother's house last night for some homemade pizza and vacation talk. Next month we will be on the road to South Dakota! I can't tell you how excited I am about this trip. Mainly because I haven't had a regular vacation in 11 years. I am also a HUGE history buff and we are going to see so much history! We were making plans to cook in one night, go out to eat another, go swimming, and just being dorky tourists. I told my nice that we were going to invest in fanny packs. ;p
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