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The 911SC's standard interior is finished in leather and its seats are built by Recaro, which tells you why it ranks near the top of the list in accommodations. The driving position is high, the outward visibility is virtually unobscured, and the instrumentation is terrific. Once again, Porsche has made its very nice yearly improvements to the once-vague shifter. The brakes are still among the very best in the world, and Germany continues to build the most solid, best-finished car in this group. Like the Ferrari, the 911SC is a whale of a deal if you can afford it.
After the De Lorean, the 280-ZX Turbo is the second most illustrious newcomer on the block. Moreover, we have for you here the first Datsun Turbo five-speed to escape Nissan's prototype shop. This Borg-Warner-built transmission will be an option by the time you read this, and brings with it a number of chassis beefings, some of which Datsun hopes to introduce on regular 280-ZXs and Turbo automatics.
Each five-speed car will be fitted with a modified rear suspension with re-angled lower control arms and relocated pickup points; a modified differential mounting, which alters the deflection-steer characteristics of the rear cross-member for less wigwag in corners; stronger constant-velocity universal joints; spring rates increased 12 percent over the 1981 Turbo's; and shock-absorber rebound control bumped up by 8 percent. Anti-sway-bar sizes remain the same.
Our prototype had most of the new chassis pieces, and the change in ride characteristics was less than desirable. The car was prone to crash, bang, and bound over bumps the Porsche and the Ferrari took little notice of, and that tendency was mixed with a distinct lack of fade resistance on the part of the brakes to make for some truly eye-opening moments at high speeds. The five-speed is more than happy to take you right up there, albeit a little more slowly to 60 mph than the automatic, but it has a stubborn tendency to hang up on two-three upshifts.
Inside, if you like accessories and plush accommodations, all is well in the 280-ZX Turbo. The seating and steering-wheel positions are the best of the five cars, and the multitudinous controls and adjustments are just as well done. The most important addition to the Datsun's comparatively mundane, if practical, exterior is a dashing set of quadrangularly bladed alloy wheels. Except for these whirling eye-catchers, the Turbo's long suit may be its stealthy ability to blend easily with the madding crowd when faced with police power, something none of our other sports/GT aspirants can do worth ducky dung.
Your basic Corvette is about as old as the basic Porsche, and in no way as up to date in execution as the charismatic De Lorean. The Corvette huffs and chuffs with cubic inches and preens in a new thirteen-step paint process that adds an overcoat of clear to make its metallic base last longer and shine brighter. But the plastic Chevy's physical persona remains the same: a caricature in fiberglass that looks racy as hell and fits together like something laid up by Prof. Irwin Corey. The new paint process, introduced when Corvette production was moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, seems to fill in some of the warp and woof formerly associated with Chevrolet's heavy-hitter. Perhaps the introduction of the long-awaited '83 Corvette will see an across-the-board improvement.
The best part of the current Vette is its effortless low-rpm responsiveness to the throttle. A brush of the pedal in almost any gear causes gaps to open behind the car. Unlike all the others (except perhaps the Porsche, to a lesser extent), the Corvette's transmission is almost superfluous in traffic. Likewise, its massive-section Goodyears exert a rousing influence over smooth pavement, sturdy braking gets forward motion arrested instead of you, and grudging understeer quiets your beating heart when you go ramming into corners.


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Tweets on Israel Cost Professor a New Job
Inflammatory Comments Prompt University of Illinois to Rescind Offer
An outspoken critic of Israel on the verge of taking a new tenured university job has learned a tough lesson about academic freedom: It doesn't necessarily apply when you are between jobs.
In recent months, Steven Salaita, a professor of indigenous studies, wrote dozens of inflammatory tweets condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's military assaults in Gaza. He wrote the tweets after leaving his tenured job at Virginia Tech, but before his job offer from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana...

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From The Daily Mail:
Further confirmation that the animal rights terrorists His Toniness is now so keen to denounce are one and the same as those he spent 8 years pandering to over his hunting legislation farce.
Three animal rights activists launched a terrifying attack on a family, including a 75-year-old grandmother, for having a pro-hunting sticker on their car, a court heard yesterday. Heather Nicholson, Natasha Avery and Daniel Wadham jumped out of their car while stuck in a traffic jam to spit, scream abuse and bang on the windows of their victims. At one stage they hit a 75-year-old grandmother and tried to open the car doors to drag her 21-year-old grandson into the street. It was only the intervention of outraged members of the public that halted the attack. Avery and Nicholson, both 38, are founding members of the controversial group Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) which has instigated the hate campaign against companies involved in animal testing. ......
... Mrs A tried to lock all her doors, but was unable to, and Nicholson launched another hate-filled rant screaming: 'F+++ing perverts, f+++ing scum.' Mrs A was 'in tears and shaking' as Avery shouted similar obscene abuse at the passenger window. Mrs Nicholson then reached in the passenger door to pull Mrs A's son out of the car by his legs - but he kicked to stop her. When the 75-year-old put her left arm out to help her grandson Nicholson hit her arm and Nicholson and Wadham spat in the 21-year-old's face and on the passenger door. Other motorists came to the rescue of the family with one driver shouting to the extremists: 'If you want to start, start on me,' before police arrived to arrest all three
This is EXACTLY the kind of behaviour that hunting people have had to put up with for a decade and more now - inflamed by a government that now professes outrage when it is directed at activities they have no choice but to support. Three of the four people convicted of desecrating the grave of a grandmother over the Newchurch Guinea pig farm protests had form as hunt saboteurs. These people are not animal lovers; they are people haters.


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Training and Outreach Manager, Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics
Deadline: Monday, August 27, 2012 at 11:55PM
Challenging role to develop and implement a bioinformatics training and outreach portfolio in a stimulating research environment.
Applicants should have demonstrated expertise in life sciences, in a research field such as bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics or systems biology. In addition to scientific expertise, the ideal applicants will have demonstrated success in developing, implementing and evaluating training and outreach activities.
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text: On a fun and entertaining episode of Flash Talks Cash, JoAnn "Flash" Fleming and Andrew Newman talk about the differences between foreclosures and short sales, and how you can save a fortune on buying a home if you look in the right place. Find out which areas of the country were hit hardest with foreclosures and where you should look for deals. Later in the show, learn some interesting facts on a loose edition of "Number Nuts". This episode was sponsored by www.CainFive.com


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Politics freezes regulatory boards
The system of federal regulation first launched in 1883 with the Interstate Commerce Commission has become a casualty of the Pennsylvania Avenue battle over nominations.
At the height of concern over product safety and lead-tainted toys, the Consumer Product Safety Commission doesn't have enough members to meet. The nation is facing the prospect of a presidential contest with no referee, because the Federal Election Commission is too short-handed to call a quorum. With the economy in peril, the Council of Economic Advisers is plodding along with a lone member. The National Labor Relations Board, the body that adjudicates disputes between workers and bosses, has only two of its five commissioners still on the job.
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An explosion at a sugar refinery in Georgia took nearly a dozen lives in February, but the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is missing two of its five members — one of them the chairman.
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission's two remaining members leave it one short of a quorum. Close to 200 nominees for federal appointments stand unconfirmed.
The federal government is running on fumes, and roadside signs suggest the next gas station won't come until January 2009.
"It's the worst last year of a two-term presidency since we created a two-term presidency," said Paul Light, an expert on federal nominations at New York University. "It's a real tribute to the problems of the Bush administration that [Bush's] eighth year is even worse than Clinton's."
President Bush squarely blames the Senate for failing to give his nominees an "up or down vote."
Democrats respond that some of his nominees are flatly unacceptable and that the president hasn't sought the "advice and consent" of the Senate.
Democrats charge that the federal commissions are not innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire between the White House and the Senate, but rather are targets of an administration happy to watch them die. "They could[n't] care less," said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, where many of Bush's stalled nominations sit. "They dislike government. They dislike the way government works."
Bush has a "blind indifference," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). "We didn't have this during the Reagan period or Bush I. It's unique and special now."
"Harry has a right to be angry about this," Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) said, referring to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "He has gone that extra mile, giving them 55 of their nominations in December when they wouldn't talk to us, because they were stuck on Steven Bradbury." (Reid's office said the number is higher: 84.)
Bush has nominated Bradbury to head the Office of Legal Counsel, which produced in 2002 the now-infamous memo advising that the torture of suspected members of Al Qaeda "may be justified."
Bradbury has not disavowed the memo; Democrats have refused to confirm him and have kept the Senate in pro forma sessions so that Bush could not use a recess appointment to put him in office.
Light said that Bush's ambivalence toward government regulation plays a role in the stalemate. "If the Consumer Product Safety Commission is not able to promulgate rules, is that a bad thing for an anti-regulatory administration? Probably not," he said. "If you're in an anti-regulatory mood, having a regulatory commission unable to regulate is not necessarily a bad thing, especially if it's going to regulate against industry."


text: John Joseph Wright, 90, of 21648 Maple Glen Circle, Edwardsburg, Michigan, died Sunday, September 10, 2006, at 7:51 a.m. in Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, Indiana, as the result of injuries suffered several weeks earlier while riding his 3-wheel bicycle. He was born June 5, 1916, in Penn Twp., Cass County, Michigan, the son of Paul and Laverna (East) Wright. Paul died when John was 16, and Laverna later married Frank Cooper, all three of whom preceded John in death. John married the former Aura Ione Garwood, June 5, 1937, in Dublin, Indiana, and she died November 13, 1995. Then on September 5, 1996, John married Ellen Jorgeson in Grandville, Michigan, and she also preceded him in death as did a son, Walter Dale Wright, a grandson, John Eric Wright, and a brother, Dwight Wright. Surviving John are seven children, Owen Ray Wright and his wife, Sharon of Edwardsburg, Janet L. Smith and her husband, Gary of Shipshewana, Indiana, Mary Kay Slack and her husband, Richard of Edwardsburg, John French Wright and his wife, Jane of Edwardsburg, Paul Lynn Wright and his wife, Melody of Winona Lake, Indiana, Ivan Dwight Wright and his wife, Jackie of White Pigeon, Michigan, and Sharon Kay Demske of Edwardsburg; 10 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Wana Wright of Vandalia, Michigan, and Betty Rice and her husband, Byron of Cassopolis, Michigan; and a sister-in-law, Marabeth Wright of Cassopolis. John was a graduate of Vandalia High School, was a lifetime resident of Cass County, and had lived in Elkhart where he worked for Elkhart Packing Company after first marrying. In 1943 John moved back to Cass Co., where he began farming, and in 1956 he founded a concrete construction business, later known as John Wright & Sons, Inc., of which he was the owner and president for 50 years. John was active in Gideons International, and he was a member of Penn Friends Community Church, Cassopolis, and of First Baptist Church of Union, Michigan, where he was a Sunday school teacher and sang in the choir. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, at 11 a.m. in the Connelly Funeral Home, Cassopolis. Officiating will be Rev. Emilio Martino, pastor at First Baptist Church of Union, and John's son, Paul Wright. Interment will be at Prairie Grove Cemetery, Penn Twp., after which there will be a dinner and time of fellowship at the Penn Friends Community Church. Friends may call today from 5 to 9 p.m. in the funeral home, where there will be a service at 7 p.m. Friends may also call Wednesday morning one hour before the service. Memorials in John's name may be made to the First Baptist Church of Union or to Gideons International. John was a devoted father and husband to Aura Ione for 58 years. He will fondly remembered by his family members and many friends.


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Patricia Brindisi of Warrington entered into eternal rest Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, surrounded at home by her loving family. She was 75.
She was the beloved wife of Donald Brindisi with whom she had shared 56 years of marriage.
Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Marion Wainwright.
Pat was a graduate of Germantown High School, Class of 1955, and was a devoted homemaker for her family.
She was an avid reader, fond of the classics and English literature. Her hobbies included ornithology and the arts. She supported the Smithsonian, Sierra and Audubon Societies. Patricia's passion was travel with her beloved husband. Patricia was a member of the Ben Wilson Senior Center in Warminster as well as the EP's at St. Robert Bellarmine.
In addition to her husband, Patricia is survived by her five children, Kathleen Palazzolo (Michael), Marion Boyle (John), Ralph (Vanessa), Jennifer Sipe (Brian) and Donald R. (Jennifer); 11 grandchildren, Anthony, Francis, Christine, Donald W., Johnathan, Thomas, Page, Kaylyn, Dominic, Phillip, Marianna; two brothers, Michael and Richard Wainwright, and a sister, Myra McGuiness.
Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing after 10 a.m. and to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, at St. Robert Bellarmine, 856 Euclid Ave., Warrington. Her interment will follow in St. John Neumann Cemetery, Warrington Township.
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The Atopic Dermatitis Research Network (ADRN) sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts clinical trials/studies and animal studies to expand research begun under the Atopic Dermatitis and Vaccinia Network (ADVN). The research being conducted encompasses defense mechanisms of the skin (immune defenses and skin barrier function), genetics, immunopathogenesis (i.e. how the immune system operates in relation to the disease), susceptibility to infections, and responsiveness to vaccines.
Rho serves as the Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center (SACCC) for the ADRN, providing support for the network's clinical and animal studies. In this capacity, Rho is responsible for statistical design and data analysis, clinical coordination and project management, regulatory guidance, computer-based data collection and management, operational support, safety oversight and reporting, clinical site monitoring, and the establishment and maintenance of a registry of patients with atopic dermatitis.
Gloria David, PhD, MHSc, is Principal Investigator (PI) for this project.
For more information about this research from ClinicalTrials.gov, please see below.
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For the past three days we have been doing projects on invertebrates. I got worms along with Noel and Kian. Since we started i have learned a lot about worms even though I don't like them.
Author visit
Today we had the author Mac Barnett visit our school. To prepare for this the whole week we did finger knitting for yarn bombing. Because of Mac coming we had no authors come last year to save up for someone like Mac Barnett to come. He came to talk to us about some of the books that he has written and to teach us how a book is made. It was fun listening to how a book is made and some of the books he has written. Another thing other grades and classes did to prepare was making posters and signs. I have only read a few of his books such as the Brixton Brothers (1 and 3) and Guess Who and Extra Yarn. I thought that it was worth not having a author visit last year.
This week we had two field trips and the first on was to the Capital. I liked the capital a lot because we got to do a lot of stuff their. One thing I like a lot was learning that they had built a lot more capitals but had to take them down and I also liked learning how the final capital caught on fire because of a worker who hadn't blown out his candle. I also liked going around the different parts of the capital such as the library and the second floor with the glass floor and the banner at the top. One thing I liked learning about was the U.S.S Iowa and how Teddy Roosevelt had two things made especially for him. Another really cool thing is that they didn't just put all the good designs at the ground level but they put some on the ceiling. I also liked the monuments out side dedicated to the soldiers from the Civil War.
The art center/sculpture park wasn't as fun as the capital put it was still pretty cool. I liked seeing all the different arts and sculptures. The piece I thought was the best was the Thinker because it reminds me of the actual Thinker but a rabbit instead. It was the first time there but my sister and mom have gone. It may not have been the most fun of a place ever but it was still a really good trip especially going inside because it was really cold out.
Kenneth Noland video
For our artist research I did. This video is about Kenneth Noland and some of the projects he has down. Im sorry if you wanted to see a picture of the eight-64 but I could not find any and I could not find much info on it.
My weekend
On the weekend not much happened besides someone turning down our fridge temperature to the lowest setting and that broke the fridge. Then I had to go the next three days going down to the basement to get food. Well after the three days were up we got our new fridge but the thing was I was at school so I didn't get to see it till I got home. But when I did get home the fridge looked nice. The freezer was on the bottom and the normal fridge was on the top. I know it might not have been fun to read about a new fridge and I am the same way. But the thing is that I'm wondering is who turned down the temperature. Everybody keeps claiming its them so in the end no one knows. So I didn't have a very exiting weekend besides the huge family party.
The quartering act
This is a project I did on the quartering act. Here is the link to the video. https://docs.google.com/a/ankenyschools.org/presentation/d/1kuv-_VFu63vwU9_nceQ1UffHLIvjauqrayXLsugsrrA/edit?usp=sharing
What I did over Spring break
I really didn't do anything but eat, sleep, go to a party, throw up, watch TV, and play video games. It may not have been the best break but it was still a break. I was going to go to some place with my mom, cousins, aunts, sisters, and grandmother but, that was the day I got sick. Actually there are three more things. I got my birth certificate, my ID, and I got to go to my mom's work. So I had six fun things I did.
Tooth traditions
Last week we talked about tooth traditions. Two tradition I like are The Philippines and the Ancient Abyssinia traditions. The Ancient Abyssinia tradition is where they throw there lost tooth to a howling hyena, asking the hyena for strong teeth. The Philippines is where the child hides their lost tooth and make a wish. If they are able to find their teeth after one year, then they can make another wish. Both of these are different from the United States. There are traditions like the United States some are even the same.
Mirror Poem
The poem I chose is a poem that rhymes. The Meter is ABAACADDD and DDDACAABA. The poem is about a duckling who is not confident in becoming a swan and a duckling who is confident in becoming a swan.
Vocab 3
This is another vocab video for the week.
I am a 5th grader in ankeny who really like Pokemon
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Ofcom sees 'stark' future for kids' TV
EmptyLONDON -- U.K. media regulator Ofcom warned Tuesday that the future for U.K.-produced children's television was "stark" and that spending on the genre from the U.K.'s main broadcasters is plunging.
Unveiling the preliminary findings of the regulator's review into the sector, director of market research James Thickett said that spending on kids TV had fallen to £90 million ($178.6 million) from £110 million in 1998 and that the amount spent per hour by the main terrestrial broadcasters has fallen from £85,000 in 1998 to £57,000 ($113,162) in 2006.
Speaking at a media conference in London, Thickett said that that Ofcom has no powers to force broadcasters to protect the kids sector.
"Ofcom has powers to make recommendations, but our power is only to look at the market as a whole," he said. "We have no powers to prevent them (broadcasters) doing what they feel they need to do."
Broadcasters including ITV and the Five channel have recently cut back on their afternoon kids programming, arguing that they needed the advertising income from more commercial programming fare in the critical access primetime period.
Ofcom is expected to publish its full report into the kids' sector in the fall.


text: I need someone to confirm that I'm not going crazy. The red post and other post welded to the bumper under the nose cone should always measure 12V (well, really probably a bit higher), correct? I'm measuring no voltage across them with a multimeter and don't understand why. Is that connection fused somewhere? Could it be disconnected at the other end of the wire from the red post?


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A new abbreviation
Given the dual headlines on the front page (.pdf) of today's O -- one on Portland's pulling out of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the other about the city's refusal to endorse the Mrs. America pageant -- I suggest we start referring to the city's governing body a bit differently. Rather than the "Portland City Council," why not just call it the "PC Council" for short?
Some days, I almost miss the Scone.
Meanwhile, I'm working on a new beauty contest -- the "Mr. or Ms. Person-in-a-Loving-Relationship America" pageant. But set your watch -- we'll soon hear from those who aren't in loving relationships, who will be demanding equal time. I'm sure the PC Council will pass some sort of resolution reflecting their concerns.


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R16 Review: Most take advantage of second Brisbane stumble
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Three teams took advantage of a second successive loss for table-topping Brisbane Roar to leave the top five teams in the Hyundai A-League covered by just three points after the Australia Day weekend round of action.
League leaders Brisbane shipped four goals for the second successive round as they copped a 4-1 hiding from Adelaide United in front of 12,923 fans at Suncorp Stadium, where Corey Brown put through his own net twenty minutes into the contest to give the visitors a lead they maintained until the interval.
Soon after it, however, Brisbane were on level terms thanks to Henrique's penalty, though it was one which referee Jarred Gillett shouldn't have given, as the striker tripped himself up to earn it.
To say Adelaide weren't best pleased is something of an understatement, but they channelled their aggression in the best possible manner, Bruce Djite ending a personal goalscoring drought some 23 matches long by restoring United's advantage from the penalty spot in the 56th minute.
Just to prove he had regained his goalscoring touch, Djite bagged a second goal eleven minutes later before Marcelo Carrusca capped off Adelaide's display with a gorgeous fourth goal in stoppage time, not long after Eli Babalj had to leave the field with a nasty-looking knee injury.
Brisbane's stumble opened the door for Western Sydney Wanderers to take over at the top of the table, and they duly took full advantage, fending off Central Coast Mariners 2-1 at Central Coast Stadium, where 13,105 fans gathered to see former Liverpool star Luis Garcia make his debut for the bottom-placed club.
He began the match as a substitute, but soon after entering the fray in the second half played a critical part in Coast's equaliser, Fabio Ferreira's 67th minute strike bringing about parity after Mark Bridge had taken full advantage of a defensive blunder to plunder the opening goal eleven minutes into the contest.
In between times, Dario Vidosic hit the post for the visitors, while soon after levelling the scores, Ferreira spurned a great chance to give the home team a surprise lead against the former AFC Champions League winners.
Wests weren't to be denied, however, and, aided in some part by Nick Montgomery's studs-up tackle on Golgol Mebrahtu, which earned Coast's skipper a red card, the visitors pinched the points late on, Brendon Santalab taking full advantage of another defensive mishap to clinch the win for Wests two minutes from time.
Two days later, Melbourne City overhauled Brisbane after overcoming Wellington Phoenix 3-1 in front of 10,825 fans at AAMI Park, where the victors produced some at times scintillating attacking football.
Bruno Fornaroli opened the scoring in the twelfth minute, in doing so completing the set – he has scored against all the other A-League teams, and has achieved the feat in just sixteen matches.
Harry Novillo doubled their advantage on the half-hour, and made the game safe four minutes into the second half with a thunderous strike. The post denied him a hat-trick soon afterwards.
The visitors had their moments in attack, and they deserved their 66th minute goal, which was well worth the wait – a Roly Bonevacia rocket which found the top corner of the net from fully thirty yards.
That defeat confirmed Wellington's drop to eighth place on the table, a result of Perth Glory's stunning come-from-behind 6-1 win at Newcastle Jets, the visitors becoming the first team in A-League history to score six goals on the road.
Buoyed on by 9,403 fans at Hunter Stadium, Newcastle began brightly, and richly deserved their lead when Milos Trifunovic headed home in the fourteenth minute. But it all went downhill for them after that, with Nigel Boogaard's dismissal for two bookable offences on the stroke of half-time the nadir.
Perth were already in front by this stage, Chris Harold's leveller half-way through the first spell being supplemented in style by Diego Castro on the stroke of half-time, the striker crowning a splendid seven-man, fifteen-pass move in fitting fashion to make it 2-1.
When Daniel Mullen put through his own net three minutes into the second spell, the writing was on the wall for Newcastle, and Harold, Alex Grant and Castro afforded the home team no respite as Perth leap-frogged both the vanquished and Wellington on the standings.
All the struggling teams are a long way adrift of the play-off spots, where Melbourne Victory eased ahead of Sydney FC on goal difference after Matt Jurman's own goal eleven minutes from time clinched a hard-earned 1-0 victory for the home team at Etihad Stadium, to the undisguised delight of 30,493 Melburnians who witnessed a match of few chances as defences largely held sway.
Wests and Melbourne City kick off seventeenth round action at Pirtek Stadium on Friday evening, while Adelaide and Newcastle wrap things up at Coopers Stadium on Sunday night.
In between times, there's a triple treat on Saturday, with Christchurch's AMI Stadium hosting the clash of Wellington Phoenix and Central Coast to kick off the night's activities.
That match is followed by Sydney's battle with Brisbane at Allianz Stadium, before Perth and Melbourne Victory renew their rivalry at NIB Stadium in a repeat of the 2015 FFA Cup Final, which Kevin Muscat's side won 2-0.
Match details:
Brisbane Roar FC 1 (Henrique (50 pen)) – Adelaide United FC 4 ("oggie" (19), B. Djite (56 pen, 67), M. Carrusca (90)); HT 0-1
Central Coast Mariners FC 1 (F. Ferreira (67)) – Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2 (M. Bridge (11), B. Santalab (88)); HT 0-1
Melbourne City FC 3 (B. Fornaroli (12), H. Novillo (31, 49)) – Wellington Phoenix FC 1 (R. Bonevacia (66)); HT 2-0
Melbourne Victory FC 1 ("oggie" (79)) – Sydney FC 0; HT 0-0
Newcastle Jets FC 1 (M. Trifunovic (14)) – Perth Glory FC 6 (C. Harold (24, 54), D. Castro (45, 88), "oggie" (48), A. Grant (74)); HT 1-2
P W D L F A GD Pts
Western Sydney Wanderers 16 9 3 4 25 16 +9 30
Melbourne City 16 8 4 4 40 27 +13 28
Brisbane Roar 16 8 4 4 23 20 +3 28
Melbourne Victory 16 8 3 5 25 18 +7 27
Sydney FC 16 7 6 3 21 14 +7 27
Adelaide United 16 6 5 5 23 21 +2 23
Perth Glory 16 4 4 8 23 26 -3 16
Wellington Phoenix 16 4 4 8 19 28 -9 16
Newcastle Jets 16 4 4 8 13 25 -12 16
Central Coast Mariners 16 2 3 11 20 37 -17 9
By Jeremy Ruane
Westfield W-League – Season 8 – 2015 /2016 – Semi finals
Sydney FC join Premiers Melbourne City FC in the final next week.
Match details
Canberra United FC 0 – Sydney FC 1 (Jasmyne Spencer 62')
at McKellar Park, Canberra – Sunday 24 January 2016 (Attendance: 2,131)
Brisbane Roar FC 0 – Melbourne City FC 0 (City win 5-4 on penalties)
on Monday 25 January 2016 – AAMI Park, Melbourne
Ladder: http://www.w-league.com.au/ladder/w_league
Westfield W-League 2016 Final
Melbourne City FC v Sydney FC
AAMI Park, Melbourne – Sunday 31 January 2016
Kick-off: 2pm (LIVE on Fox Sports and ABC TV)
Foxtel National Youth League – Version 2 – 2015/20106 – Final
Match details
Sydney FC have been crowned Foxtel National Youth League Champions for the third time thanks to a 5-2 Grand Final win over Adelaide United at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford.
Sydney FC (Mullen 12',49, Zuvela 23', Burgess 40', Gonzalez 56') defeated Adelaide United FC (Tratt og 32', Altundag 61')
Ladder: http://www.y-league.com.au/ladder/y_league


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Please do change your bookmarks and feeds to the new blog, and, if you care to know why i moved again…
a while back, etsy came up with a really nice tool for sellers called etsy mini, which you can embed in your website, blog, facebook or myspace pages to display your designs or etsy favourites. from the start, it didn't work with wordpress, but i thought that that would get fixed shortly… well, it's been at least 6 months (i think), and i don't think it's actually going to change, so i decided to move my blog back to blogger (if you remember, i moved here from there because this was prettier =), but with the new blogger beta, i managed to achieve the same look over there!)
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how fun! that is true...very common talaga yan dito...sa atin yung palayok lang...ehehhe!ReplyDelete
Great photos... It's like the kids had so much fun!ReplyDelete
Shadows are great! My only participation in a pinata scramble as a child was a disappointment, emerging with nothing. But I now see the thrill of the challenge is most of the fun!ReplyDelete
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A fun games for kids. I bet kids went home with lots of candies :)ReplyDelete
What a wonderful collage of pictures of such a fun time. Hope you have it printed out and hanging on the wll. My son sent me a grouping similar to this and I love it. So many little things to look at. genieReplyDelete
I remember when I was little sa Pinas mommy we would use the Clay Pot and filled it with candies and coins. hehehe.. How fun! Such fun birthday party photos.ReplyDelete


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Konferencje i konkursy
Stałe Przedstawicielstwo Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej przy OECD w Paryżu we współpracy z Instytutem Europy Środkowo Wschodniej (IEŚW) w Lublinie ogłasza konkurs na najlepszą pracę magisterską i licencjacką (dla studentów uczelni publicznych i niepublicznych w Polsce), dotyczącą OECD w tym jej funkcjonowania i wpływu na państwa członkowskie oraz kraje trzecie. Termin nadsyłania zgłoszeń konkursowych upływa 30 września 2018 roku. Regulamin konkursu
Youth Alliance-Krusevo invites you to the International Youth Conference "European Values for the Future of SEE countries". The conference will take place from the 27th. of September to 1st. of October, 2018 in Krusevo, Macedonia. Detailed information regarding the conference can be found on the project web site. The application form is available here and the application dead line is 25th of August, 2018.
Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) invites to a conference: "Modernism and Memory: History, Culture and Literature". Date: 14 September 2018. Main themes: Modernism and heritage, Modernism, memory and society, Modernism and politics, Echoes of modernism in contemporary society, Modernism and culture, Modernism in literature and arts.
Proposals of 150-200 words (in English) accompanied by a brief biography (100-150 words) should be sent by July 30, 2018 to firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com
A volume of selected papers will be published. More information: http://mome.modernizmasateiciai.lt/
The Association of Science, Education and Technology (TASET), Governors State University and Sakarya University are pleased to invite you to the 9th "International Conference on New Horizons in Education" to be held in Paris, France on July 18-20, 2018. The main aim of this congress is to present works in educational studies. All accepted papers will be published in the Proceeding Book. All English papers will be published in TOJET (www.tojet.net) as a Special Issue. Also, conference proceedings will be submitted to indexation or publication the listening at SCOPUS. You can submit your abstract through http://www.int-e.net or email at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Proposal & Abstract Submission Deadline: July 13, 2018; Full Paper Submission : August 20, 2018; Registration: July 13, 2018
The School of Political Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is organizing a Conference for Postgraduate Students, PhD Candidates and Young Researchers on "The Greek – Turkish War, 1919 – 1922" in Thessaloniki in May 2019. Greek_Turkish_War_Conference_Call_for_papers
For further information, please contact: Prof. Foteini Tsironi (e-mail address: email@example.com)
Master of Arts in Balkan and Ottoman History, School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Call for papers: ECHOPOLIS 2018 International Conference on "Nature and culture-based strategies & solutions for cities and territories". The confenrence will be held at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences on November 26th-28th 2018, in Athens, Greece. Abstract submission deadline: June 30th, 2018. Abstracts should have approx. 300 words with 4-5 keywords and should be in English, French or Greek. They should be sent to: firstname.lastname@example.com to the attention of the Conference manager. For more information about the Conference please visit: www.echopolis.eu
Tmrees18 International Conference will be held over the period of 19 to 21 September 2018 at University of West Attica, Greece. It will be a great opportunity to share newest scientific work on the field of Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability related issues in our international scientific review. All accepted Papers will be published in a Special Volume by the Energy Procedia – Elsevier. More information: http://tmrees.org/
Conference for students of physics and natural sciences – Open Readings 2018, will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 20-23th of March, 2018.
The deadline for registration is 2rd of February 2018.
Participants can take part in oral and poster sessions presenting on extensive range of topics. Participation is free of charge.
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Conference: International Student Conference, that will be held for the 64th time in August 2018 in Japan, Tokyo. The two-weeks Conference is gathering students from all over the world to experience the international exchange and to take part in the discussions of global burning issues. The main purpose of the program is to give students an opportunity to make their own contribution to world peace, sustainable development and future prosperity. More detailed information you can get through the attached documents (ISC 64 Leaflets and ISC 64 Description)and through our website https://www.japan-isc.com/home
Application period: 12 February – 14 March 2018
ISC 64 Descrition; ISC 64 Leaflet; ISC 64 Leaflet 1
The 13th International Scientific Conference for doctoral students and young scientists is organized by Centre for Research and Development and the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. Conference will be held on 19th April 2018 at the Faculty Economics, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica. The output of the conference will be reviewed conference proceedings of scientific works with assigned ISBN. Invitation_2018
"Student Scientific Conference 2018" will be held on April 12, 2018 at the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica.
The aim of the conference is to involve students in research activities, acquisition of new incentives for the development of economic science and applicable knowledge for economic practice.
Application form should be sent until February 15, 2018 and deadline for submission of papers electronically is March 31, 2018
Student scientific conference at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine on April 17-19, 2018.
For students of all courses.
5th IDEAS English Students' Conference at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University on the 11th May 2018. Opportunity to share your ideas and your research with other students and academics, to exchange ideas and scholarly experience and to practice presentation skills. all B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. students who are interested in presenting their work (such as – but not necessarily – their B.A. and M.A. theses or doctoral projects) to send the topic and the outline of their presentations of max. 300 words (regarding the following categories: Linguistics, Literature, Translation, Cultural Studies, or English Language Teaching) to email@example.com by the 31st March 2018.
organized by the University of Economics in Prague, Matej Bel University
in Banská Bystrica and Wroclaw University of Economics on 29th August –
2nd September 2018 in Kutná Hora (the Czech Republic).
THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH INTO THE DIDACTICS OF TRANSLATION (20-22 June 2018)
The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers in all fields pertaining to translator and interpreter training.
Exceptionally, the Specialist seminar on the Didactics of translation will not be held this time.
Further information about the conference:
3rd Central European PhD Workshop on Economic Policy and Crisis Management
I13-14 April 2018 – University of Szeged
Aimed at a better understanding of the challenges in national and international economic policies, in particularly (but not restricted to) the following fields:
- European integration,
- lessons from crisis management strategies (comparative studies are especially welcome),
- monetary policy entering a new era(?),
- fiscal policy,
- competition regulation,
- changing role of the state.
Important Deadlines
Submission of application and abstract:
28 February 2018
Notification of acceptance:
2 March 2018
Payment of conference fee:
31 March 2018
Submission of paper in version suitable for discussant:
6 April 2018
Authors are requested to submit applications and abstracts of their papers in via the application form
Conference fee
- Conference fee: 50 EUR
The fee includes: presentation of paper, conference materials, coffee breaks, lunches, evening reception
Selected papers will be published after peer review process in an online proceeding with an ISBN number.
International Early Childhood Education Research Conference 2018 – Quality and Professionalisation, to be held from 11th – 13th April 2018 at the University of Education in Weingarten, Germany.
Students are encouraged to submit a poster, and in particular to motivate your/their BA/MA students and PhD candidates to present and discuss their research projects within an intercultural perspective.


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By Rick Reeno
Staples Center, Los Angeles - Michael Finney (9-0, 7KOs) was cut above his left eye and took a few lumps on the road to winning a four round unanimous decision over Joel Vargas (3-7-1, 3KOs). All three judges scored it 40-36.
Junior middleweight Jermell Charlo (18-0-1, 9KOs) got off to rough start but he came back in the fifth round to level Denis Douglin (14-2, 8KOs) with a wicked right hand counter that put Douglin down and nearly out. Douglin made it to his feet but he was barely able to stand and the referee waved off the fight.
Super lightweight Omar Figueroa (18-0-1, 15KOs) destroyed Alain Hernandez (18-11-2, 10KOs) in the first round. In the final minute of the first round, Figueroa unloaded with combinations on Hernandez until the referee had seen enough and stopped the fight.
Junior featherweight prospect Randy Caballero (15-0, 8KOs) stopped Jamal Parram (5-6-1, 4KOs) in the fifth round. A big hook to the body sent Parram down in the fifth. A moment later he went down to both knees after taking some more punishment. Caballero went on the attack and put him down for a third time as the referee waved it off.


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"Come on, team, let's get mean!"
This is not the chant of rabid football fans, egging on their favorite team to crush the opponents. Rather, it's the raucous war cry of far-out right-wing ideologues all across the country who're pumping up Team GOP to pound the bejeezus out of America's millions of unemployed workers. Far from a game, this is real, and it's a moral abomination.
I've been unemployed before, and I can tell you it's a misery — all the more so today, when there are far more people out of work than there are job openings. This leaves millions of our fellow Americans mired in the debilitating misery of long-term unemployment.
But that's not miserable enough for a feral breed of Ayn Randian political zealots who are lobbying Republican governors, legislators and congress-critters to punish the jobless for … well, for their joblessness. In this perverse universe, the conventional wisdom asserts that unemployment benefits and other poverty-prevention programs are sapping our nation's vitality by allowing "moochers" to live the Life of Reilly and avoid work.
The GOP's budget demigod in the U.S. House, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), expressed this dogma in a fanciful homily deriding America's safety net as "a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency." This from a guy whose family's wealth was gained from government contacts and who has spent practically all of his adult life in the sweet-swaying hammock of congressional privilege, presently drawing $174,000 a year from Old Uncle Sugar.
As ridiculous and just plain mean as this attitude is, it plays well in the insanity that now defines "the debate" in Republican primary elections. So, state after state (as well as Congress) is succumbing to this pound-the-poor, right-wing screed by frenetically slashing unemployment benefits.
Behind this faux-philosophical push are the smiling barons of corporate America. Without jobless payments, you see, desperate millions will be forced to whatever low-wage, no-benefit, dead-end jobs the barons design.
What's at work here is a profoundly awful ethical phenomenon that has seeped into the top strata of American society: Our nation's corporate and political elites have developed an immunity to shame.
It has become morally acceptable in those lofty circles to enrich themselves while turning their backs on the rest of us. Even more damning, they feel free to slash America's already tattered safety net, leaving more holes than net for the workaday majority of Americans who've been knocked down by an ongoing economic disaster created by these very elites.
For a look at how shameful these privileged powers have become, turn to North Carolina. Until recently, this Southern state maintained a fairly moderate government with a populist streak, taking pride in its educational system and other public efforts to maintain a middle class. No more. A shame-resistant political leadership has recently taken hold, consisting of corporate-funded Tea Party extremists who loathe the very idea of a safety net.


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Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, delivered a stinging rebuke to European Union bureaucrats recently accusing them of using the mechanisms of the EU to stifle democratic forces in Europe. The UKIP leader says Europe's crisis is 'like an Agatha Christie novel', trying to guess who'll be bumped off next. 'The difference is we know who the villains are' (City Wire). For background see: On Germany and Britain (and others).
Following Farage's rebuke is a lecture by philosopher Roger Scruton. Scruton, arguably one the clearest thinkers speaking on culture and politics today, argues for the recovery and restoration of Western Culture. Scruton can always be trusted for insights not heard in mainstream discourse such as questioning what would happen if the Russian Federation would crumble and cause a immigration crisis in Western Europe, a good question. Another is his criticism of Western Elites concerning the assumption that majority opinion is de-facto wrong simply because it is majoritarian, something we could call a derived conceit. Scruton understands that religion drives culture, and this is one reason why his critiques are so penetrating.
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5 Steps To Becoming A Registered Nurse
Figuring out what you want to do before financing your college education can wind up saving you tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary loan debt. Attending a reputable vocational nurse licensing program is an affordable and pragmatic first step.
A vocational nurse licensing program provides a spring board if you are interested in a career in the medical field, but aren't sure if you want to make the financial and time commitment required to get a four-year degree. Once you decide to become a registered nurse, it will be easy to continue following the proverbial yellow brick road.
5 Steps To Becoming A Registered Nurse
Here are the steps you need to conquer when transitioning from vocational nurse to registered nurse:
1. Attend An Accredited College With A Successful Reputation
The first step is attending a career college that is recognized by the US Department of Education and has a history of graduating students who receive jobs in their areas of study. Most programs offer both daytime and weekend/night options so the programs are accessible to full-time students as well as working adults. The classes you take in this program, from the biological and pharmacological sciences, to the hands-on training opportunities will provide the knowledge and experience you need to obtain a job as an LVN after graduating and passing the licensing examination.
2. Get A Job
Most career colleges have working relationships with surrounding hospitals and other healthcare facilities, which will help to create a smooth transition from school to work. Once you receive your job, keep your eyes and ears open. This is your opportunity to watch the registered nurses as they work, evaluating whether or not you want to further your future career.
3. Apply To Registered Nursing Programs
Once you have some work experience under your belt, you can begin to look for Registered Nursing programs compatible with where you live, where you want to live and work schedule. Registered nurses must receive a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) at a minimum. Under normal circumstances, this would take four years. Fortunately, your LVN licensing program has already provided you with a solid platform of classes, some of which will transfer to your new program and help to quicken your journey.
4. Consider Accelerated Programs
When you evaluate nursing programs, make sure you look into accelerated nursing programs. Depending on your education history, including your vocational nurse licensing program, you may be eligible for nursing programs which fast track you along the RN path. Many of these programs are designed for people just like you – full-time employees who work around their RN education and training.
5. Promote Or Apply
Depending on where you worked as an LVN, completing a Registered Nursing program will put you at the top of the list for upcoming promotions. Otherwise, your LVN experience will have guided your sights towards the special areas of nursing in which you excel, making you an excellent job candidate elsewhere.
Attending a licensed vocational nurse program is the first step towards your nursing dream job. It provides the perfect launching pad for a successful career.
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The Gold Rush trickles to a fool's quest and a string of stagecoach heists. In 1888, Earl Blacke decides to make a new start and become a better man. He escapes into the mountains, heading north. In the wilds of Oregon, a rift inside an ancient volcano opens and sends him into the future, into the present day. It also shaves forty years off his age, forty years to live over again and atone for what he's done.
Starting over is hard to do. In current day New York, Daelin Long's dream job at a publishing house goes the way of the dinosaurs her sister chases. With no money and nowhere else to go, Daelin accepts the librarian position in her sister's dinky town in the middle of Oregon. Nestled inside ancient volcanic peaks, the town of Settler holds onto many secrets. Residents roam the streets with weirdly fashioned devices, and odd lights pulse in the night skies. People whisper of a phantom outlaw and start dying, murdered and missing their heads. On top of it all, Daelin's sister is missing, and Daelin doesn't know who to trust.
Earl knows more than he's saying. He shares a notorious history with the phantom, one he'll see remains buried. Keeping Daelin's sister's secrets is his only chance at redemption, and the only way to keep this world safe.
The Rifters is available at an introductory price. The second book in the series, The Initiate, will be available October 20, 2014. It's up for preorder for a special price at iTunes, Amazon, and B&N. Check HERE for links. Giveaways and events are ongoing through October 31, 2014. Check HERE for details.
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A woman in a long flowered dress hurried forward carrying a paintbrush. "Hello, hello." She waved. "Excuse the mess. I'm renovating... again." She laughed with little snorts, stumbling in a little circle, defying her years. She couldn't be younger than forty. "Inside joke, man, sorry. What groovieness can I help you find? I know where everything is." She gestured at the piles of castoff merchandise strewn about.
If not for the goose bumps on her goose bumps, Daelin would have left. "A winter coat? Earl Blacke mentioned you might have some."
"Oh man! What a tragedy about him, huh?" She wore her amber hair in two braids, tied with twine and decorated with plastic flowers.
Tragedy? What had happened to Earl? Daelin clutched at her knotting stomach. "What do you mean?"
"There was a murder last night. Umm, wow. Didn't you hear?" She set the paintbrush down on a plate that had been used for the purpose before. Bracelets covered her arms, clinking with her simple movements.
"In Settler?" Violent crime wasn't what Daelin expected to hear. She didn't know what she had expected, but not murder.
The thrift store woman leaned in closer, whispering in a conspiratorial tone. "Yeah, they're saying Earl Blacke killed Susan Leeds. Took her head plum off, man. Only thing is...," she glanced at the shadows then wet her lips, "her head is missing." The soft scent of melon accompanied her words.
Earl had murdered somebody? Daelin gulped, getting a lungful of paint fumes. Right, the paint. The fumes had to be messing with her mind. "Are you serious?"
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In other Untethered Realms news:
Gwen Gardner released the cover to her newest YA paranormal thriller: Second Death. It's absolutely gorgeous!
Angela Brown's alter-ego Rayven Godchild released her latest erotic tale about falling in love, Secret Lilies.
Don't forget that you can have an ebook of your choice from any of the talented UR authors when you preorder our anthology, Twisted Earths.


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Thursday, August 18, 2011
waterboxx retrieval...
11 comments:
- Dizzy-Dick said...
I have had a HAM license for many years. You can tell the age and origin of my call, it is my original call - WB3DZY - That "dzy" part is where I got my nickname. Good luck on your test.
- August 18, 2011 at 8:39 PM
- Mr_Brown said...
Studying for your Tech ... Outstanding. This will be great fun when you get your ticket punched. Keep us updated.
- August 18, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Bruce S said...
John, good luck on your exam. I am also a technician, N5RFV.
Are Jerry and Eva having a donation dinner this Sunday? I am riding down Saturday for a couple of days and would like to attend.
- August 18, 2011 at 10:46 PM
- frann said...
Hard to judge a waterbox with NO water! I want one..It is good you are going for you HAM license as there is an aging HAM group in South County.
- August 19, 2011 at 12:18 AM
- Grant Wagner said...
Congrats indeed. I got my Tech about a year and a half ago. I decided to do it on Thursday, Got the book on Friday, and passed the following Monday. Great fun. Of course, then you'll want to get a General for HF work, and that takes a bit more work. Good luck in your endevers.
- August 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- bill said...
Hey this is firstname.lastname@example.com I really enjoy watching your progress. You know you can look on line and get sample test for your ham license I was required to get mine a few years ago by the nature of my profession I have a general license call # KJ40XB hardly ever on the air though this will change after the New Year as I will be retired God Bless be safe Bill
- August 19, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Allen Hare said...
Adding another facet to your skill set, and some more lobes on the ol' gray matter. Sure helps in so many ways. Good for you.
- August 19, 2011 at 1:18 PM
- Riverhauler said...
Looks like Alpine has 4 repeaters, Marathon has 2. That's 2 meter. You could be the first to set up a repeater in your area. Go onto eham.com and you can practice taking the exams, only took me a week or so.
Good luck
- August 19, 2011 at 5:12 PM
- Under The SC Sun said...
Ham can be rewarding as a pass-time and can be a life-saver in emergency situations. I earned my tickets before the loss of Morse Code as a requirement to upgrade from Technician. Maybe I'll get to work you one day JW.
- August 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM
- ZmanKC said...
NØBTN here. Good luck.
- August 20, 2011 at 10:08 PM
- Traveling Man said...
Good Luck with the HAM exam. I haven't been very active for the last few years but plan to get active from my RV when I get on the road again. Got my General License in 1965.
- August 21, 2011 at 9:07 PM


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The best of what to do in and around L.A. this week
This week in Los Angeles, the city celebrates all things British, Roy Choi opens a brick-and-mortar shop, and everyone heads out of town for a weekend of horseback riding, archery, and maybe a little golf.
AFAR Local is our weekly insider guide to the best of what's happening in cities around the U.S.
April 30 | Festival
A Street Af(Fair)
With its art galleries and boutiques on Melrose Place and beyond, West Hollywood is at the cutting edge of L.A.'s fashion sensibilities. So it's only fitting that Weho celebrates all the qualities that make it great with a giant street fair. West Hollywood Design District and Parachute Market present an outdoor marketplace with local vendors celebrating old-school Hollywood glamour and California modernism. There will be music, food, and super-cool SoCal folk.
11 a.m.–5 p.m. | Almont Ave., between Melrose Ave. and Santa Monica Blvd. | (310) 289-2534 | Free | website
April 30–May 1 | Escape the city
Alisal Guest Ranch, Santa Ynez Valley
Alisal Guest Ranch in Santa Ynez Valley is a good ol' dude ranch with a refined palatte. It's like John Wayne meets the Montage. Ride horses, play golf, and try your hand at a bit of archery. Even though this is a working 10,000 acre cattle ranch, it's best to think of it as a grown-up's version of summer camp, but with way better food. (Plus, breakfast and dinner are included in the room rate.) And if you want to venture out, you're just minutes from 75 vineyards and cute Danish enclave, Solvang. Perfection!
1054 South Alisal Road, Solvang | (805) 688-6411 | website
Through May 8 | Festival
Brit Week
The Queen has just turned 90, Adele continues to serenade our hearts, and Prince George is as cute as can be. Yes, we've had our differences with the British, but our ties are stronger than ever. To celebrate all things British, check out the variety of activities—including food, drink, and, of course, hob-nobbing—all around the city in honor of the monarchy, Posh Spice, and more.
Times, locations & prices vary | (617) 803-5173 | website
Roy Choi's Kogi Taqueria
Roy Choi is responsible for many innovations in the world of culinary arts. His Asian Fusion Kogi food truck helped transform the industry, and he has opened numerous cool eating spots from Watts to Koreatown and in between. Now, Choi sets up his first brick-and-mortar Kogi shop, called Kogi Taqueria, in oft-forgotten Palms. It is all of the Mexican-Korean goodness you're used to—the famous tacos, carnitas, and sauces—but you don't have to drive around town following Kogi's twitter for locations. Rest assured, this joint is here to stay.
3500 Overland Ave., Los Angeles | (424) 326-3031 | website
Through July 2 | Art
Silent Wonderment: Exploring the World of Giant Robot
Giant Robot is a world dreamt up by Eric Nakamura that began as a zine and quickly turned into a movement. Giant Robot has introduced the world to rising artists in many different fields—from contemporary art to indie publishing, vinyl toys, and even large-scale art installations. If you really want to understand what Giant Robot stands for and how talented Eric Nakamura is, you must check out Silent Wonderment, which gives a great overview of this expanding world.
Times Vary | Vincent Price Art Museum, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park |(323) 265-8841 | Free | website
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Barry C has been taking literacy classes for over two years now, whilst also looking for work. When he first started the course, he struggled to write even basic words, using a mixture of upper and lower case letters, and often mixing up letters completely. He did not understand any links between the phonetic sounds of letters and how this related to the spelling of words. He thought that the only way to spell or read a word was to 'just know it'.
Despite making progress on the course with understanding upper and lowercase letters, as well as memorising some simple words, he was unable to find employment. The Job Centre put him forward for a number of job roles but, each time in interview, when it came to light that Barry could not read, he was told that he would not be suitable for the job roles. An example of this was when he was very excited to have been offered an interview for a postal company to sort through the packages but, when he reached the interview and told them he could not read, they immediately rejected him from the job role as he would not have been able to read what was written on the packages. The student felt very embarrassed about this.
A few months later, Barry was finally offered a cleaning job at a local bar/club. He very proudly told the class he would be leaving the course as he had at last found work. However, during his first week on the job, whilst cleaning the toilets, the student realised he could not read the names on the bottles of the cleaning products he had been given. He ended up using completely the wrong cleaning chemical on the mirrors of the club, which resulted in him being let go from the position.
He returned to the course a week later and relayed this story, feeling very disappointed and dejected. After this instance, he began to try much harder on the course and started making great progress. He finally seemed to realise why reading and understand the sounds of the letters to recognise words was so important. Over the next few months, he started to use the phonetic sounds he had been taught to figure out simple words by himself, as well as start to structure basic sentences on his own. He can now write a basic sentence and figure out or have an educated guess at simple words.
This fantastic progress was finally rewarded recently when Barry was accepted for a part time job at a local nursing home. His job will involve helping the residents and managing a plan of which residents are in which rooms. He said that he was able to read the names of the different rooms on the list he was given by the nursing home, which then enabled him to take the job. He had some trial shifts at the nursing home which all went perfectly, including his noting of which residents were in which rooms. His commitment to improving his literacy has enabled him to finally accept a job and meet all the criteria through using his reading skills.


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Hi would like if someone can explain to me how does this work.I have Lupus SlE nephritis.My urine analysis April was U -proteien (g/l) - 7.27 U -Creatine (mmol/l) 10.4 and Proteien Creatine ratio 6.19 (high)
They uped my dosis of predisone to 40mg and i am al so on cyclophosphamide 100mg and plasmaquine 200mg.
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If proteien and creatine is lower how is the ratio higher than previous test.
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|Hunziker Collection
Based on the automotive artist Nicolas Hunziker's paintings, the Hunziker Collection is stylish, high quality fashion apparel and footwear inspired by motor racing legends Steve McQueen, Carroll Shelby, Sir Stirling Moss and Vic Elford.
The apparel line from the Hunziker Collection aims at creating wearable art that provides motor racing enthusiasts, and everyone in general, an exciting new way of expressing themselves. The design of the shoes in the Hunziker Collection is based on iconic liveries of vintage racing cars combined with Nicolas Hunziker's motor racing artwork. The wearable art concept also applies to the shoe interiors. Each insole depicts artwork directly taken from Nicolas Hunziker's original paintings.
But the shoe collection isn't just about looks; beneath all the colors there is a fantastic driving shoe. Full leather and suede uppers sit on a vulcanized rubber sole which features a performance tire tread. All the shoes feature a rolled heel for smooth throttle application and easy movement between pedals. The shoes were also optimized for comfortable heel and toe shifting. Unlike other driving shoes, the shoes are actually incredibly comfortable, they feature a leather lined insole that molds to your foot.


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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Going ORANGE.....
Click HERE to find out about Going ORANGE to help Animals who are abused or neglected and stuffs like that... which is stuffs WE hate...
We went ORANGE...
will join OZ and US.... in going ORANGE....
31 comments:
- Hailey and Zaphod and their Lady said...
Thank you for going orange too. We were saddened to learn how many of Blogville residence had survived animal cruelty like Zaphod. Maybe together we can help prevent others from suffering too.
- April 14, 2015
- Julie said...
I finks this going orange is a great idea, I haf tasked Mum to get me somethingy orange as well
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
- April 14, 2015
- Madi and Mom said...
Orange is a great color for you two and for such a great cause!!
Hugs madi your bfff
- April 14, 2015
- Molly The Wally said...
Cool dudes and we are sporting our orange lead and collar this month. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly
- April 14, 2015
- Frank The Tank said...
OMG Frankie and Ernie you look PAWSOME going Orange and what a good idea to support such a great cause! Love and licks from your furiend Frank xxxxx
- April 14, 2015
- Yamini MacLean said...
Hari Om
You guys totally ARE orange; it is soooo your colour... Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
- April 14, 2015
- Reilly-Denny Cowspotdogs said...
hmmm we will have to hunt to find anything orange in our house - you guys look ready for halloween :)
- April 14, 2015
- Oz theTerrier said...
Furts and Turts: you look PAWESOME in Orange!!! You did a fantastic job and I sure hope our hop and contest can help spread awareness and educate people about animal cruelty. Thanks pals!
- April 14, 2015
- Bev Green said...
Guys you look awesome and a super cause to get ut there..abuse is never acceptable..ever..to any animal..looking good boys<3 loves Fozziemum xxx
- April 14, 2015
- Mark Muller said...
orange is great and it's probably the new black or the new pink... and you wear it for such a good cause, so orange is the bestest color ever :o)
easy rider
- April 14, 2015
- stellaroselong said...
Orange is a great color to stand out for this terrible injustice done to animals all overs the world...we will check out OZ's post also..you two look great.
stella rose
- April 14, 2015
- Two French Bulldogs said...
Oh my you make us laugh! That hat and a dead lion BOL
Lily & Edward
- April 14, 2015
- Emma said...
I love orange. They should have this in October when things are really orange!
- April 14, 2015
- Bocci said...
We're with ya! And orange is your color fer sure!
- April 14, 2015
- Sarge said...
Hey FnE!
Wow, excellent orange post today! This is such an important campaign and I'm glad Oz is helping us all promote it. OMD you two look great in orange!
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Police Commish
- April 14, 2015
- Kismet said...
I was ahead of this one. I have a bright orange beak-the only part of me (besides my claws) that isn't light blue.
- April 14, 2015
- Idaho PugRanch said...
A great cause to stand up and wear orange!
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
- April 14, 2015
- Sketching with Dogs said...
You both look great wearing orange :)
Dip and Elliot x
- April 14, 2015
- Cinnamon said...
Thanks for reminding us!
You guys look fabulous with all the orange stuff.
xo Cinnamon
- April 14, 2015
- Bella Roxy & Macdui said...
Fantastic ORANGE. We get so sad and angry when we hear about abused animals!
- April 14, 2015
- Duncan said...
Thanks for the head's up. We will go see Oz now!
- April 14, 2015
- Murphy said...
Orange is the new . . . huh? Yous wear it well though!
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
- April 14, 2015
- Mitch and Molly said...
You guys look great in orange☺
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
- April 14, 2015
- Whitley Westie said...
Y'all look good in orange!
- April 14, 2015
- Jans Funny Farm said...
How sweet of you to go orange for a good cause.
- April 14, 2015
- Millie and Walter said...
You boys look great with all that orange especially Frankie.
- April 14, 2015
Sounds good...Orange is one of our favorite colors here, one of Mom & Dads College school colors....so we support this program year round!
The Mad Scots
- April 14, 2015
- Chef Sasha said...
I am gonna do this soon, it is such a great thing to do. We always try in some way to help our pals that aren't as lucky as we are with good homes and full tummys. Orange is a good color for both of you!
Loveys Sasha
- April 15, 2015
- M. K. Clinton said...
OMD! Orange is the new Dachshund?? What a great cause and we love us some Oz!! LOL!
- April 15, 2015
- The Army of Four said...
You two ROCK orange!
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Thatcher
- April 15, 2015
- JoAnn Stancer said...
looking great guys, headed over to oz to see what is up. I love orange it is my favorite color.
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I watched this technique on Jennifer Perkin's Craft lab show the other day. It looked so easy that I ran to my crayon box and got busy! Guess what? It was totally easy and I made a couple of goodies and have been getting requests to do a tutorial on this technique ever since! So with that, Tada......
Here you go, and on top of a technique, I am also throwing in a drawing for the item below. All you have to do is leave a comment and bam, your name goes into a drawing and the lucky winner will be notified for their mailing address. Sound fun? Of course it is! I will take comments through next Monday, August 18th, and will announce the winner on Tuesday. So, get your comments in and hey, tell a friend!
Materials you will need.
Black Acrylic Paint
Brush or Sponge
Paper Towel
Seriously, that is it! By the way, this is a GREAT project for the kiddies too.
Step 1. Start coloring! Use any pattern or design you want. I like vibrant colors, but you can use any color combination. I suggest applying a good amount of pressure on your masterpiece. The waxier, the better!
Completely cover your entire paper with your groovy artwork.
After your page is done, crumple your paper in a wad like the one below. Squish it good and hard, the more wrinkles, the better!
Next, you are going to spread your masterpiece out on a nonstick surface (or a protected table)
Pour some of your black paint in a container and add some water. I didn't measure, I just made it on the soupy side. Then you are going to get a sponge or brush and cover your masterpiece completely in the black paint wash.
Next, before it dries, you are going to wipe off the excess paint with a paper towel.
Lay out to dry. (they dry pretty fast) Tada, you are done. You can use these papers as you like. Use them in everything; Altered Envies, Journals, ATC's, Decopauge, Cards, you name it, you can do eeet!
I love the organic look to it. It really does look like dyed batik, but without the dyes and mess!
So below is a little Dia De Los Muertos plaque I made with the batik papers. This will be my drawing prize. Just leave your comment below, and I will draw your name on next Tuesday!
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Right on Crime | February 8, 2013
Taxpayers in Pennsylvania are footing the bill for 454 fewer inmates this month than they were a year ago, while South Carolina's citizens are paying for 2,700 fewer inmates.
Why? Pennsylvania created a more effective parole and processing system, while recent legislative alterations to drug and low-level crimes will further the prison population drop.
In South Carolina, the Legislature and Governor three years ago prioritized sending violent offenders to prison for a longer time, while providing for alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders, and created a more effective probation supervision system. The prison population drop resulted in two prison closures and $175 million in avoided prison construction costs.
Both states came to the realization that one-size-fits-all prison policies are expensive, and aren't actually the best way to protect the public safety. Instead, prioritizing prison beds for violent offenders while doing more to get non-violent and low-risk offenders back on the right path can save millions and do far more to keep citizens safe.
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I know there are a lot of you who are have heard about the awesome power of having an online forum community. You have probably already been active in numerous forums and have begun to create a network of friends on these forums.
Next thing that goes through your mind is, "Why don't I start a Forum of my own!" So you go ahead and begin to research on how to do it and realize that starting an online forum community is a lot harder than you thought!
Well, this article is about how to go about starting your own online forum in the easiest way possible. So lets here we go:
1. Establish Your Niche Topic for the Forum.
I have seen a lot of forums that I go to and they cover anything and everything in their forum. Now it is always good to have a "Chit Chat" or "Lounge" area of your forum to give members an opportunity to talk about anything. However, the success of your forum is to have a specific niche topic that will not only get your forum indexed by the search engines, but something that will attract your core audience.
This is one of the biggest obstacles to overcome even though it may seem the easiest thing to understand. Many novice forum webmasters see that they can add as many categories and sub-forums as they can in their overall website forum, and the main topic gets lost. In turn, when a visitor does happen to come the website, they are turned off by a 'General' forum.
2. Select the best Web Forum Script
There are so many forum scripts out there in which this is another huge major obstacle a novice webmaster comes across.
Your first tendancy will be to use the forum script that the forum you are most active on uses right? Ha! I caught you!
Now there is nothing wrong with this, but sometimes these forums scripts are so modified and 'hacked' as is sometimes referred to modified forum scripts that it will be hard for you to create one just like your favorite forum.
I would suggest to start off with a free forum script that has the feature to 'migrate' forum information to another forum script. For example. Start off with the free forum script phpBB. This is by far the most powerful free script available. Even most web hosts have it part of their package that you can install on a single click (we'll talk more about web hosts later).
Once you have phpBB installed, this is by far the best forum script in which other 'paid for' forum scripts have what is called 'migration tools' for. These migration tools is a script or tool that can transfer all of your forum information.
So for example, you website is successful and you wish to 'change your forum foundation script' to a 'paid script' such as vBulletin. vBulletin has a migration tool for phpBB, the process would be seamless and you wouldn't lose any forum information.
The worst thing for a forum community is to have a lot of activity on the forum and then the webmaster decided to change the forum platform because the free one they started out with just doesn't have all the features of other forum communities. So the webmaster changes the forum script and loses the forum information. I guarantee this will KILL your community.
So starting off with a wise plan in the beginning to grow is a huge step.
3. Selecting Your Web Host
The next thing after selecting what forum platform you wish to use, is the painfully hard decision of finding the right web host.
A web host is basically a company that 'rents' you space on their server for typically a monthly payment.
Now depending on your budget to start off with, I would say do a search on Google for the keyword: "Cheap Web Host". You will see millions of results. Go through the websites of the top 10 results on your Google search and decide which one you need.
I URGE you DO NOT start a forum off in a 'free web space' or 'free forum' community. You are tied to that that web host and more than likely you will have tons of advertisements on your site that will annoy your members and more than that, it really screams that that your website is not a 'permanent' home for your members. Perception plays in key role in the success of your forum. If you forum looks and feels hard to use. No one will use it. Would you?
Please stay away from free forum web hosts!
Either way, you'll be spending a few bucks a month on web hosting, but as you build your community you can slowly introduce your own Google Adsense or Banner Ad campaigns that will make you enough money to cover your web hosting costs and in many cases, enough to pay for your gas that month and more even more!
Select a web host within your budget, and make sure that the host you select allows you to have forums. Since forums consume a lot of what is called 'bandwidth' and web space, some budget web hosts have a maximum on how much bandwidth and web space to use.
From my experience, if you start off with at least 1GB of space and 5 GB of bandwidth. That is MORE than you will need until your forum community is large enough to pay for itself on a larger web host, or even lease your own what is called 'dedicated server'. Do a web search on Google for what a dedicated server is to find out more.
A solid and reliable web host is one that answers customer support in a timely manner. Make sure that before you decide on a web host to contact that web host via their toll free phone number or support email. If they don't answer quickly back to a potential customer how would they respond once they know you are a customer?
Do you homeword and make sure you are comfortable with the web host you choose because the last thing you need is to have to move web hosts and lose potential forum community information.
4. Driving Traffic to your Forum
Once you have everything up, you selected your niche, you found your forum community script, you installed it on a reliable host, you expect a flood of visitors to join as a member!
This is where the make it or break it part of the forum comes into play. If you have no visitors or members participating, your forum won't grow.
My advice is to start off the circle where you began. Within your network of online friends. These days with so many forums and social networking websites, there are so many to choose from why should anyone join YOUR forum?
Well, you can use this network of websites to your advantage. Start off with the forums you are active in. If they allow you to advertise your forum or website, do it. Otherwise add a link to is in your signature. If you have thousands of posts your link on that forum will appear in thousands of places instantly!
Then go to other forums relevant to your topic and try to be active there with a link in your signature back to your website.
Announce your website launch to your friends in your Messenger systems.
Better yet! Try to do a marketing trick of giving away something to a random member once a week.
Above all, make sure YOU are active. Even if noone posts anything that day. Go in and post. Try to provoke a conversation with your posts. Once members join and are active give them the honor of being initial moderators of your forum. This will encourage them and make them feel like they are part of your forum community and will keep their loyalty to your forum. In turn what will they do? Tell THEIR friends about it. Now you are beginning to see what is called a 'viral' effect to driving traffic to your website.
Most of all, do not give up. Keep talking about your forum and inviting people to join. The more passionate and excited you are about your forum, the more others will see that in you and your friends and will be willing to spend time on your forum to build it up.
Once you go through these initial steps to starting your online forum community you are on the right track to have a successful community. Once this happens, you can easily think about even being able to earn money from your website that will cover your costs and place some 'spare change' in your pocket. This is all of course if you have the right niche, the right forum script, the right webhost, and the right methods to drive traffic to your forum! To your success!
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Ala'a received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. He received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) in Amman, Jordan in Collaboration with Ulm University in Ulm, Germany. Wireless communication, especially C2X fits his interest the best.
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Exploiting Propagation Effects for Authentication and Misbehavior Detection in VANETs
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC)
Publisher: IEEE,
December 2016
Abstract: Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) are a critical and potentially vulnerable target for attacks on both message integrity and authenticity. Existing approaches are based on computationally expensive digital signature, which also creates large message sizes due to the attachment of signatures and certificates to messages. This leads to high communication and verification overheads, both in terms of bandwidth and compu- tational effort. In this paper we discuss an alternative approach to ensure message integrity using characteristics of the received signal for authentication and misbehavior detection.
Enhanced Position Verification for VANETs using Subjective Logic
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE 84th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2016-Fall
Publisher: IEEE,
September 2016
Abstract: The integrity of messages in vehicular ad-hoc networks has been extensively studied by the research community, resulting in the IEEE~1609.2 standard, which provides typical integrity guarantees. However, the correctness of message contents is still one of the main challenges of applying dependable and secure vehicular ad-hoc networks. One important use case is the validity of position information contained in messages: position verification mechanisms have been proposed in the literature to provide this functionality. A more general approach to validate such information is by applying misbehavior detection mechanisms. In this paper, we consider misbehavior detection by enhancing two position verification mechanisms and fusing their results in a generalized framework using subjective logic. We conduct extensive simulations using VEINS to study the impact of traffic density, as well as several types of attackers and fractions of attackers on our mechanisms. The obtained results show the proposed framework can validate position information as effectively as existing approaches in the literature, without tailoring the framework specifically for this use case.
Physical Layer-Based Message Authentication in VANETs
In Björn Scheuermann, Stefan Dietzel, editor, Fachgespräch Inter-Vehicle Communication 2016 (FG IVC 2016) , page 14-17.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
April 2016
Abstract: Authenticating legitimate nodes is a major concern of the envisioned vehicular networks. To achieve this, standards and literature propose to use asymmetric cryptographic mechanisms which generate significant overheads in terms of time and power consumption. In this paper, we address this problem and we propose a novel idea of exploiting physical layer characteristics to rely on them for re-authenticating future beacons after verifying the first one cryptographically. Despite the challenges in such high mobility networks, possible concrete approaches to start the evaluation of our scheme are presented. Our approaches are inspired by the vehicular channel related work conclusions which give signs of future success to our scheme in this critical field.
Wireless Channel-Based Message Authentication
Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), 2015 IEEE , page 277-280.
Publisher: IEEE,
December 2015
Abstract: Inter-vehicle communication has attracted a lot of attention in the past. A major concern is the security and especially the integrity and authenticity of messages. Current standards and proposals in literature leverage asymmetric cryptographic mechanisms to achieve this, which is costly both in terms of consumed computational power, bandwidth, and introduced delay. We present a novel idea to use physical characteristics of the wireless channel to verify subsequent messages after initial trust in a first message has been established cryptographically. In this paper, we sketch the concept and provide a first evaluation on its potential for saving named resources.