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It's Advent once again and the busy-ness has commenced. Every year it's a challenge for me to focus on my spiritual preparations while I'm buried beneath the demands of my to-do list. There's so much to do! But a few years ago I had a mini-revelation-Advent preparations are very much like preparing to host a party. After all, Jesus is the greatest "guest" we could ever welcome into our hearts and our homes. So, why not welcome the Guest in the same way we would welcome friends and family into our home?
Imagine it-You've decided to host a party. What's the first thing you do? Set a date. The Church has set the date as December 25th so there's one thing you can cross off your list right away. Next, you make up your invitation list. Who will you invite? You probably want to invite people that you think will actually come to the party. But you also want to invite the people in your life that you're willing to share your home with. As far as Advent and Christmas are concerned, our Guest will always come if invited. The question is: are you really willing to share your home with Him? Keep in mind that the decision to invite Jesus into your life is not an easy one for many people. And deciding to focus on Jesus during this time of year is a bit like going on a diet the day before Thanksgiving; it's not impossible but it is a challenge.
The next thing you probably do is plan the party activities. What are you going to do with your special guest? This is a great time to think about additional prayer, devotions, or mass attendance. It's also a great time to consider acts of service for those you know as well as those you don't. But the most important thing to do with your guest is enjoy His presence. After all, what kind of host would you be if you invited someone to your home and then ignored them all evening? A good host spends time focused on their guest; making them feel welcome and special. A great way I've found to welcome Jesus and focus on Him is through Eucharistic Adoration. Spending time with our Lord in Adoration is like sitting down for a nice long conversation with a good friend-I come away feeling grounded and peaceful while my Friend feels how special He is to me.
By now the party date is approaching and it's time to start cleaning the house to make sure it's ready to receive your Guest. The best way to clean your spiritual "house" is through Reconciliation. Clear out the clutter of those sins and get your soul scrubbed clean. What better way to finish your preparations and make way for your Guest than a squeaky clean soul?
The next thing you know, Christmas is here and the party begins. This is when you get to bask in the joy of the moment. Christmas mass is just like any other party; there will be special music, special clothes, and lots of fellowship. You'll dress up in your best party clothes, share stories through scripture readings, and eat and drink the Bread and Wine. You'll spend time enjoying the presence of all the guests but especially the guest of honor-Jesus.
So, this year as you make your plans for Christmas I hope that you'll add in a little party planning amidst your shopping lists and cookie baking. I think your Guest will really appreciate it.
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Some of my low voltage rope light motifs have suffered internal damage (rusting) through water ingress.
Even though they are sold for outdoor use, the seal around the wire entry to the rope light leaves something to be desired on some.
I looked at using silicone to seal the wire entries, but wanted something that flowed better.
This 118ml can was from Altronics and is catalogue number T3136.
The lid of the can has a small brush built into it.
They also sell a 28g tube (T3130), but it's proportionally more expensive.
Some people on the ACL forum have said they use it for sealing connections on LED strips, etc.
Be aware that the can contents have a shelf life. ACL member AAH pointed me to this page.
Even if the contents go bad after 12 months, you will still have potentially saved the cost of replacement motifs.
Here it is applied the the wire entry point.
Paint it on and wiggle the wire a little to let it seep in better.
At first I was was looking for a clear liquid, but with the black you can see where you've done better.
The black bits are not noticeable at normal viewing distance or at night anyway.


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YouTube's new Leanback feature is pretty much just like it sounds. You fire it up (youtube.com/leanback) and lean back in your chair. Do NOT lean forward! You'll be treated to a non-stop barrage of YouTube videos that play in full screen, one after another "based on your YouTube settings and preferences, including content from your subscriptions and videos your friends are sharing on Facebook," according to YouTube's blog post.
The whole thing can be controlled with only the keyboard, using the right and left arrow keys to skip back and forth between videos and the up and down arrow keys "to search, access player controls, and browse channels and videos." Here's a demo video:
More on Techland: New YouTube Mobile Site Handles HTML5 Quite Nicely


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People walked around silently and respectfully, as if on holy ground. The place lacked the bustle found elsewhere in Paris. The emotion of mourners still hung in the air.
A few candles puffed out a slight scent of smoke. The smell reminded me of the holy aroma of Notre Dame Cathedral I experienced just two nights earlier (and the same scent I'd later experience at Sacré-Cœur Basilica). Each candle seemed to proclaim someone's prayer for peace.
The haunting scene stuck with me as I continued to walk through Paris. The place captures an important aspect of Advent. Anger mixed with tears, anxiety with tenacity. In their mournful remembrances, some longed for revenge and others prayed for peace.
The violence of our world can sometimes make it hard to stop to celebrate Christmas. But the full biblical story places a newborn baby right in the midst of a world shook up by violence and terror. That's partly why the angels keep saying "fear not!" Advent is about longingly believing in peace even in the midst of seemingly hopeless violence.
When violence strikes and fear moves in, we face an important question: do we believe? Do we believe that the Prince of Peace will come and redeem this world? But to answer that question, we must be sure to understand the Kingdom of God. Jesus came not as a conquering warrior seeking revenge, but as a helpless baby seeking love.
"For to us a child is born," the prophet Isaiah proclaimed, "to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
Prince of Peace. And not merely in the spiritual feel-good on the inside sort of peace. As the prophecy explains in the verse before: "Every warrior's boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire." This child will bring real peace.
This passage in The Message version epitomizes how we too often spiritualize the Bible's calls for peace: "His names will be: Amazing Counselor, Strong God, Eternal Father, Prince of Wholeness." But the passage isn't about feeling compete inside; it's about actual peace from conflict. Jesus didn't come to make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Jesus came as the Prince of Peace, which places him in direct opposition to the princes of our nations who rule through bombs, drones, and violence.
So as we mourn death and destruction in our world, may it push to long for the complete reign of our Prince of Peace. May we ignore the voices of revenge that preach irrational fear and demonizing hate, and may we ignore the voices of spiritualizing that preach personal piety and inner solitude. To worship our Prince - the Prince of Peace - we must also be peacemakers.


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Long before Kanye West appropriated noise rap to create his new sound, independent artists such as Moodie Black were busy perfecting an art built of swelling distortion & uncomfortable energy.
10 years ago, front man/producer Chris Martinez (simply known as K.) and guitarist Sean Lindahl started Gahed inDie together in their Arizona hometown. Largely going unrecognized, they moved to the indie rap mecca of Minneapolis and developed an extension of their initial noise rap experiments that they eventually titled Moodie Black. In 2013 Moodie Black finally released a self-titled EP on Fake Four that received almost cultish praise. As noise rap grew in popularity, Moodie Black's sound altered even further. Although the group still cherishes the sound of static, now on their first full length album, NAUSEA, they've developed an extension of noise rap based on industrial yet melodic soundscapes and have embraced minimalism. This is more of a sonic journey than a kick in the face. Like the existential concept of Nausea itself, Moodie Black's Nausea present sonic basic truths about human nature and existence. As its big beats, prodding rhythms, on point lyrical flows, wailing vocals and blissed out synth and dark guitars come crashing down upon us, Nausea upsets our everyday understanding of not only noise rap by shocking us into a new awareness about the genre, but also about what existence more generally, can be. Listen with caution.


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This is new generation of TSOCKS.
Torsocks allows you to use most socks-friendly applications in
a safe way with Tor. It ensures that DNS requests are handled
safely and explicitly rejects UDP traffic from the application
you're using.
See also https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git
WWW: https://github.com/dgoulet/torsocks
make generate-plist
Dependency line: torsocks>0:net/torsocks
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/net/torsocks/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install torsocks
cd /usr/ports/net/torsocks/ && make install clean
pkg install torsocks
PKGNAME: torsocks
There is no flavor information for this port.
SHA256 (torsocks-2.3.0.tar.xz) = b9f1b981d6b3fd4e1820de1eee325f8a7038c84765d5a6cd9af12571d5cc3622
SIZE (torsocks-2.3.0.tar.xz) = 313072
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for torsocks-2.3.0:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
alias gmake libtool tar:xz
Number of commits found: 32
net/torsocks: Update 2.2.0 -> 2.3.0
Reported by: portscout
net/torsocks: Use configure instead of autoreconf
Reported by: tobik
net/torsocks: Fetch distfile from official repository
Submitted by: Vinicius Zavam <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Replaced my old rawbw.com maintainer's address with email@example.com
98 ports are affected.
Approved by: tcberner (mentor, implicit)
Update to 2.2.0
Approved by: maintainer timeout (firstname.lastname@example.com, 32 days)
Cleanup GH_* and variables order.
Sponsored by: Absolight
Update to version 2.1.0
Submitted by: maintainer
- Switch to options helpers
- While here, add some NO_ARCHes and couple missing PORT_OPTIONS=DOCS
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Cleanup some abusive use of GH_TAGNAME.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Add USES=alias to 11 ports (non-invasive DragonFly support)
Convert to USES=autoreconf
net/torsocks: 1.2 -> 2.0.0
- Changes:
- Submitter takes maintainership
- Repository moved from google to github (and further)
Submitted by: firstname.lastname@example.com
Approved by: <email@example.com> (maintainer timeout)
- Fix plist
- Strip shared library
Cleanup plist
- Stagify
- Switch to USES=libtool, drop .la files
Approved by: portmgr blanket
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Approved by: portmgr
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Hack around fallout from recent update to automake-1.14
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- Remove PORTEXAMPLES (sample conf same as original)
PR: ports/177113 [1]
Submitted by: Andrei Lavreniyuk <email@example.com> (maintainer) [1]
Approved by: jpaetzel (mentor)
- Update to 1.2
Submitted by: Andrei Lavreniyuk <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
Fix library path
Submitted by: maintainer
Reported by: Nick Ulen
Feature safe: yes
- Update to 1.1
PR: ports/153465
Submitted by: Andrei Lavreniyuk <email@example.com> (maintainer)
Sync to new bsd.autotools.mk
Punt autoconf267->autoconf268
Round one migration of ports from automake{19,110} to automake111
Autotools update. Read ports/UPDATING 20100915 for details.
Approved by: portmgr (for Mk/bsd.port.mk part)
Tested by: Multiple -exp runs
- Synchronize .in and .am patches
Reported by: QAT
- Update to 1.0 epsilon
PR: ports/140534
Submitted by: Andrei Lavreniyuk <email@example.com> (maintainer)
- Add a patch from upstream to fix segfault when address supplied for
getaddrinfo is null and handle wildcard addresses in getaddrinfo calls.
- Bump PORTREVISION
PR: ports/138200 (based on)
Submitted by: Andrei Lavreniyuk <andy.lavr AT gmail.com> (maintainer)
-Repocopy devel/libtool15 -> libtool22 and libltdl15 -> libltdl22.
-Update libtool and libltdl to 2.2.6a.
-Remove devel/libtool15 and devel/libltdl15.
-Fix ports build with libtool22/libltdl22.
-Bump ports that depend on libltdl22 due to shared library version change.
-Explain what to do update in the UPDATING.
It has been tested with GNOME2, XFCE4, KDE3, KDE4 and other many wm/desktop
and applications in the runtime.
With help: marcus and kwm
Pointyhat-exp: a few times by pav
Tested by: pgollucci, "Romain Tartière" <email@example.com>, and
a few MarcusCom CVS users. Also, I might have missed a few.
Repocopy by: marcus
Approved by: portmgr
- Fix build on amd64
Reported by: QAT
Tested by: miwi
Approved by: miwi (mentor)
It is new generation of TSOCKS.
Torsocks allows you to use most socks-friendly applications in
a safe way with Tor. It ensures that DNS requests are handled
safely and explicitly rejects UDP traffic from the application
you're using.
WWW: http://code.google.com/p/torsocks/
PR: ports/131653
Submitted by: Andrei Lavreniyuk <andy.lavr AT gmail.com>
Approved by: miwi (mentor)
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
9 vulnerabilities affecting 54 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
This web log is a news and views blog. The primary aim is to provide an avenue for the expression and collection of ideas on sustainable, fair, and just, grassroot level development. Some of the topics that the blog will specifically address are: poverty reduction, rural development, educational issues, social empowerment, post-Tsunami relief and reconstruction, livelihood development, environmental conservation and bio-diversity.


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Camilo Díaz Repka is a software developer at BriteCore with more than 15 years of experience across an array of technologies. An enthusiast of Open Source, in the past he worked in the energy and financial industries in Paraguay and Brazil, and academia research in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds an Informatics Engineering degree from Universidad Católica.
When he is not near a computer, he likes to run at the esplanade of his hometown, read works of fiction, and practice oil and acrylics painting. Camilo can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa, Ph.D.
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Apoptosis, Retinoblastoma, E2F, PI3K, Cancer
The Hallstrom laboratory is studying the cellular mechanisms
controlling Rb/E2F induced apoptosis during normal proliferation
and in cancer development. Rb regulation of cell cycle progression
and tumorigenesis is dependent on its control of E2F transcription
factor function, a family of proteins that control expression
of genes required for proliferation. E2F1, in particular,
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and induction of p53-dependent apoptosis. E2F1 apoptosis induction
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We are studying several mechanisms that regulate E2F1's capacity to induce proliferation or apoptosis. One mode of regulation is the binding of Jab1/CSN5, which promotes E2F1 induction of apoptosis but not proliferation. Second, PI3K activation during normal growth stimulation inhibits expression of a subset of E2F1 apoptotic target genes.


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Monday, December 17, 2012
Thinking Hats Reflection on Netbooks
Here at Pt England, all you hear about are netbooks, netbooks, netbooks. This is because it is a very important learning tool we use from years 5 and up.
Learning is easier now that we have netbook. I mean, I can share my work with the world just by posting things on my blog. This is a good thing because then my family could see it too. Another reason netbooks are so cool is that you're not cutting down trees to make them.
Unfortunately there are bad things like small screens. This causes reading tiny writing sometimes hard. But luckily we can make it work but enlarging the page.
Also, making movies is very hard on our netbooks. As our school is creative, movie making is something we should be able to do on something we use everyday. Not just on the imacs.
With a few little tweaks, this could be the most amazing working tool every school should use(if they could afford it). Probably making the screen bigger or adding movie making apps and animating programs would make it so much better.
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(FREDERICTON, NB) The season may have come to an end for the UNB Varsity Reds women's volleyball team, but head coach Jilliane Portelli remains busy.
Portelli has landed a pair of recruits from Nova Scotia, both of whom will join her squad in the fall.
Libero Kelsey Bond, who has signed a CIS letter of intent to play for UNB, was sold by the volleyball program and the Fredericton campus.
"After visiting the beautiful campus and amazing Currie Centre, UNB became my first choice," said Bond. "I'm looking forward to bringing my assets to the court, as well as improving my skills in the future."
The Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, native is excited, and her future coach is looking forward to having her.
"Kelsey's a dynamic libero, very capable of playing the whole game," said Portelli. "Her ability and drive are going to add a lot to our program."
Bond plans on studying Kinesiology.
Adora Rooyakkers will join Bond in the 2016-17 recruiting class, having also signed a CIS letter of intent.
"I am very excited to join UNB next year," said Rooyakkers.
The Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, native has been part of Volleyball Nova Scotia's development program for a number of years, and recently was part of VNS's under-18 team that participated in the National Team Challenge Cup. Rooyakkers has also led her high school team the past few seasons.
Portelli is excited to have her join the Varsity Reds.
"Adora is extremely hard-working, energetic and positive. She's a fantastic athlete who's going to be a great addition to our team."
Rooyakkers plans on pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree.
"I can't wait to see what the year brings."
Adora Rooyakkers and Kelsey Bond will join the Varsity Reds in the 2016-17 season.


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The Guernsey County Sheriff's Office, School Resource Officer (SRO) Unit serves: Rolling Hills Local, Mid-East Career and Technology Center (Buffalo), FoxFire East Academy, and East Guernsey Local school districts.
This Unit strives to engage students with a positive Law Enforcement experience. We build relationships through trust and respect, not fear and intimidation. SRO's work very hard in being proactive and not reactive.
These Deputies have three main responsibilities while in the schools
1. Teacher
2. Counselor
3. Law Enforcement Officer
— Teacher: Drug Educating, Anti-smoking, Anti-bullying, Internet Safety Training and more
— Counselor: Provide an open ear for students to talk and/or bring other outside groups into the schools, to assist them in working through a wide variety of youth/teen issues.
— Law Enforcement: Handle all incidents that are criminal in nature
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This is one of a set of 18th c. buttons featured in the Big Book of Buttons and said to be the designs of Wedgwood. The decoration appears to be paint, so its survival is miraculous. I have wondered if the designs were painted in slip which could explain its durability. It would be like Wedgwood and Boulton, both innovators, to try firing ceramic clay on copper. At any rate, they are hard-to-find buttons! This one is in very good condition. It has a surface flaw, but otherwise, the finish is mirror-bright. It measures just a hair under 1 & 1/2 inches.
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...get the hell out of Gordon Ramsay's effing-and-blinding kitchen.
Former restaurant manager Martin Hyde of Dillons, an Indian eatery in Manhattan, is suing the British chef in an attempt to stop footage of Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares" being shown on television in the US. The show's premise is for Ramsay to enter a failing restaurant and turn it around in one week.
Accusations have been put forth that "Kitchen Nightmares" hired actors to patronize the restaurant to make it appear more popular since Ramsay's intervention, that the chef lied about finding rotting meat and that the confrontation between the manager and Ramsay was done 'unfairly'.
Hyde goes on to say that Ramsay's 'exaggerations' would be damaging to the restaurant's reputation. What reputation is that, we wonder? If your business is doing so badly as to warrant acceptance of an invitation for a business makeover from a British chef who is known for language becoming of a sailor and a management style akin to Stalin, can one really expect to come out of this experience unscathed? Did they expect puppy dogs and roses to fall out of his mouth and for him to clasp their hands meaningfully while going over a list of things they 'might try to do differently, possibly, if you are so inclined'? Mr Hyde obviously hasn't seen "The F Word."
A representative for Ramsay claimed he had not yet reviewed the lawsuit. Translation = no one has had the balls to show it to him yet. He's got knives, you know. Sharp ones.
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About half of Canadians approve the federal government's carbon pricing plan.
A new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll found 51 per cent of people in the country approve the plan with or without the help of the provinces with 21 per cent of people strongly approving the plan.
In Saskatchewan, 55 per cent want the province to come up with a carbon pollution plan, compared to 22 per cent who say they should let the federal government mandate the price. A total of 23 per cent of people in the province were unsure.
In Manitoba, almost seven in 10 say they want a provincial government plan versus only one in 10 who want a federal plan, with 22 per cent unsure.
In Alberta, over three quarters of those asked said they are more likely to support a carbon pollution plan if the federal government approves some pipeline development. Just six per cent said they were less likely to support the Alberta plan if the federal government gives the green light to some pipelines that might help the oilsands dependent province.
Atlantic Canada is overwhelmingly in favour of provincial plans. In Newfoundland & Labrador, 67 per cent said they want the province to come up with a system versus just 17 per cent who want to have the federal government impose the plan. In PEI and Nova Scotia, similarly 65 per cent and 61 per cent versus 15 per cent and 27 per cent. The support for a provincial system is highest in New Brunswick where 77 per cent say they want a provincial plan compared to just 11 per cent who want a federal government plan.
There were 5,525 Canadians surveyed for the poll from Oct. 5-6. The Mainstreet/Postmedia Poll has a margin of error of +/- 1.33, 19 times out of 20.


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Welcome home Lucy' read the banners adorning the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, where the 3.2m-year-old skeleton of an early human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, was on display at the beginning of May.
Lucy, or Dinknesh (meaning 'you are amazing' in Amharic), had returned from a five-year tour of the United States.
For the first time since she was discovered in 1974 by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, Lucy was exhibited in the Ethiopian capital – initially at the national museum and later at the African Union (AU) conference centre as part of the AU's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Africa is the origin of all humankind and that everyone has roots in Ethiopia
The diminutive Lucy – she measures a little over 1m – formed the centrepiece of an exhibition charting more than 6m years of human evolution that showed that Ethiopia was the cradle of mankind.
Other highlights included Selam – the skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis child thought to have died aged three and dubbed 'Lucy's baby' – the 4.4m-year-old Ardipithecus ramidus (Ardi for short) and an impressive array of early human tools dating back 2.5m years.
Thousands of visitors, including residents, schoolchildren and tourists, queued to get a glimpse of the fabled Lucy, who returned to her resting place in the basement of the national museum.
The museum houses a state-of-the- art facility built especially for Lucy and the many thousands of other fossils found around the country.
Lucy is well-loved throughout Ethiopia, so much so that the women's football team is nicknamed Lucy in her honour.
Mamitu Yilma, the director of the national museum, told The Africa Report that public interest in Lucy was such that the organisers had to extend the exhibition's duration.
"We have had so many visitors, including the prime minister of Ethiopia," Mamitu said. "He was very happy to see Lucy, and he gave a good message that Africa is the origin of all humankind and that everyone has roots in Ethiopia." ●


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Hi all mums with toddlers. I have a 2 and a half year old daughter.would love to meet up with other mums with toddlers. Have looked into some playgroups here in Lagos but they all seem to be full at the moment or very expensive. I am just really looking for some informal play time for my toddler with other toddlers. Anyone interested or know of groups I can join? Thanks all


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As a benefit of your membership, a pre-pay Professional Development Luncheon discount is offered to Blue Ridge Chapter members. This year, choosing the pre-pay option secures your registration for five Professional Development programs in 2015. If for some reason you cannot attend a program, you are more than welcome to send a colleague, guest, or a student in your place. In addition to great food and networking, the programs will feature a variety of key speakers and topics as related to the public relations profession and ones that we feel will be most useful to you as a practitioner.
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Jewelry Making
Jewelry club is all about accessories! Campers will make earrings, bracelets and more using different techniques and materials. They will learn macramé stitching, make keychains out of parachord, personalized friendship bracelets and so much more. Campers will even get to make a fancy box to put all their own jewelry in!
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So, back on Monday Andrew and I got down to the shed in the evening and I made further progress on the lights, and by the end of the evening (which in this case was about 10.30pm, and grandson was still awake as he wouldn't go to bed until Daddy was back) all the lights in RowC bar one were up and some additional painting carried out with that double whipped cream. On Tuesday we got down again, the last light was mounted and the SWA cable that comes down the wall from it was hooked up.
On Wednesday afternoon I got in for a time, determined to get Row C connected back before I ran out of daylight. Andrew had the day off and was out with grandson. The SWA was not long enough to reach back to the connector box at the junction for the middle row of lights (B), so I mounted up a new one on the other column and completed the connection in the usual SY. At about a quarter to five I received a call from Andrew to say that tea was at five and as I had about another half-hour of work I rushed to get finished. It was time for the test at about 5.15 and I ceremonially removed the tape that had prevented the two relevant switches from operating and flicked the one to turn on the 100W LEDs of Row C.
Nothing. That was somewhat of a disappointment. I pressed the other switch though and hey presto, on came all four 50W LEDs - and one of the 100W'ers. I went home a little confused. I could easily account for a 100W LED coming on if it had been wired across 2 and 4 rather than 1 and 3 (our Hon Electrical Consultant having insisted on separate Neutrals) but why hadn't the other 3 worked? At least nothing had gone Flash! Bang!
Most of our evening work has been directed towards serious tidying and general preparation aimed at getting the remaining workshop floor sealed and painted. Although I was quite prepared to carry on sucking up the loose dust with our previously acquired vacuum cleaner(s), Andrew has been advocating a 'proper' industrial one which at first we were going to hire, but now he decided we should purchase, arguing that it would be more capable of coping with the dust (the existing vacuum cleaner clogs its filter quite rapidly) and that the attachments will save me going around on my knees. (Though with my eyesight I may still go round at that level merely to check I haven't missed anywhere!) Thus we ordered one off an ebay supplier this week, and I was hoping it would arrive by Friday, but the tracking system so far can't decide if it is in transit or hasn't yet been collected from the supplier. Anyway, it may not yet be that obvious to the casual visitor but things are getting straightened out slowly, but part of that is moving all the clutter that is on the floor that needs treating, which includes all the Matterson posts etc., so chaos will apparently reign for the moment.
Anyway, back to the lights. Some time on Friday I made a quick foray on the Terrypicker and corrected the 100W LED which was indeed connected across the 50W circuit, then started tracing the fault on the 100W side. It was at first all the more mysterious in that when I had checked the 100W side with the 50's on, my meter showed about 28volts present. In the end the answer was not so peculiar. In my rush to get it connected and get home for tea while it was still warm, I had tightened the nut on the terminal in the junction box (where Row B and Row C separated) very tightly: it was just that the crimp on the end of the wire was about an inch away from the stud at the time. I blame the rush and the failing daylight. Put the wire on the stud and on came the 100Ws just as they should. (The 28Volts? Oh that was induction from adjacent cables.)
Anyway, Thursday is Tunstead day and I had loaded the van on Wednesday with the axleboxes and bearings, as having seen the parts cleaner at Tunstead I knew it could do a more through job than I was able, and without as much effort. When I got up there it was to find my regular co-worker, Liam, had gone home with a flu bug which was doing the rounds of the workshops, so I was joined by Jack, who was one of those who had helped strip RS8 at Darley. I only had the morning free this week, as the NHS, noting my age, had demanded by presence at the Matlock medical centre for some sort of abnormal aorta screening thing. So anyway the axleboxes got a thorough clean while we inspected the internals of the cylinders with another endoscope that would pass through the bottom of the Rolls-Royce injector sleeve. My good friend the ex-RR Service Engineer had recommended that instead of putting the injectors back in with the studs, I switch to bolts as R-R did themselves latterly, but none of my parts books showed this mod and we worked out between us which size it must be and as luck would have it, we had some setscrews in stock. So after cleaning out the mounting tube with the appropriate RR tooling, we applied copperslip and stated refitting the reworked injectors.
Of course first task was to extract the old studs – some had come out when I had tried to remove just the nuts, but several were well-stuck-in and the usual practice of applying two nuts locked together to remove them did the trick, until on about the fifth or sixth the stud sheared. They had all been well-wasted just where they came out of the head, so it was almost inevitable that one would fail there – probably would have done if I had attempted to tighten its holding nut in the old way. As it was nearly lunchtime I left Jack to it – he would try and extract the remains of the old stud and finish inserting the last two injectors. If he was successful we'll have the spill returns to refit and the oil to pour in but we're about ready for that test run.
I had expected Tarmac to be turning up to collect the wheelsets and gearbox this week but apparently the lorry had been fully occupied with the plant maintenance, so maybe they'll leave this next week instead.
Oh yeah, the screening? Well after this guy had pressed his sensor onto my lower abdomen so hard that I nearly had to warn him to beware of an unscheduled re-appearance of my lunch, he pronounced it entirely normal and OK. About an hour later the blindingly obvious retort came to me – 'so it's just like it aorta be?' Sometimes I just wish I could be wittier, quicker.
I've already told you most of Friday and on Saturday I had to go to Sheffield to collect some parts and other errands, - including making initial contact with the local Peugeot dealer about a possible replacement van - and didn't get down to the shed until late in the afternoon, putting in only an hour or so in sweeping some of the piles of concrete dust up (half a bucket full and seemingly making little difference) and a few other minor jobs of that ilk. Andrew had been running grandson home so didn't get back until half-eight.
Today Phil G returned to go with Andrew for another days work preparing his trailer for its MoT, leaving me at the shed alone. I started by lighting a fire out the back, which in the end burned for the rest of the day as I got rid of bits of old wood, contaminated cardboard and the like. In between times I started drilling the holes to mount the second fire alarm bell by the south door, but unable to find any wall plugs, couldn't finish it – besides, I like to do this in small doses: drilling reinforced concrete is a tiresome process and heavy on the wrists and hands. As a break, I wandered out to the PCV. Even before our recent incursions, the drivers' side sliding windows and the droplight in one drivers' door had been smashed, and I had long thought of trying to effect some repair and stop the weather getting in. The weather was benign today and the urge got too much, so I undid the bolt and chain, and measured up the droplight. We were donated some years ago some very thick clear plastic sheet – perspex probably – which had been safety covers on packaging machinery. I've cut odd bits from time-to-time, and selected the one untouched one to provide temporary glazing for the droplight. Being about 10mm thick it's a swine to mark and cut – marking because my felt pens don't like the surface and cutting because it needs a jigsaw and the stuff melts and reseals behind, so you end up running through twice before the bits separate. But eventually and after a modicum of adjustment, I was able to stop the wind blowing in and moved around to the sliding windows. How these are retained is as yet a mystery. I removed the interior aluminium trim but could find nothing holding the window, but scratching the outside revealed what looks like some form of tamper-proof screw, or at least, a countersunk head but entirely flat save for two raised digits. Surely there must be a way of removing them for replacement? Any BR-vintage carriage experts care to explain?
Meanwhile Andrew and Phil got all the marker lights renewed with LED ones, changed 4 out of 6 brake chambers, removed bits of worn-out boarding ready for replacement and returned with a fulcrum from part of the handbrake linkage which is seized and needs replacing. The pressure is on to get it fit for the road as fellow IDRPG members may have a job for it. The two returned content with progress, and Andrew and I continued tidying up together for a while longer. The clocks have of course moved back, so the clock in the workshops is now only a few minutes slow(!), and making the new lighting especially worthwhile, and here's a shot just before we knocked off this evening which I hope will give you a feel for how light the shed is, even though these are just the 100W LEDs.
I inferred at the end of last weeks blog that although I had a shareholder list for Peak Rail plc, I hadn't any ideas as to what to do with it. That wasn't entirely true, and over the last couple of weeks a considerable amount of time has been spent converting that list into a more useful format, then printing letters and labels which consumed a remarkable quantity of paper and ink cartridges. More on that soon, I hope. But the readership of the blog rose quite markedly and has brought forth a lot of interesting comment. From 'the entire management should be removed' or 'the place needs a reboot' it seems I have tapped a rich vein of dissatisfaction with the status quo. As interesting too is the enquiry received from a shareholder this evening asking whether his late father's shareholding was transferred to him under the terms of his will, as his letter to Peak Rail requesting it went unanswered. I was able to confirm that no, it hadn't: according to Peak Rail's share register his father is alive and well and still receiving his annual report.
And all this sounds familiar. When in 2015 I got hold of a Peak Railway Association membership list, almost immediately my gaze fell on the name and address of an old friend whom I understood to have died years before, but was listed as a valid life member. I made enquiries, eventually talking to the present owner of the house who confirmed that he had bought it from my friend ten years earlier but that his dealings had been with a third party, which tended to suggest that my friend had either died or been too feeble to deal with his affairs. I casually asked if he received any mail for him still – and sure enough, the house owner admitted he still received A5 envelopes several times a year – the PR magazine, no doubt.
This set us off on a quest, and Steph spent several days at Sheffield City Libraries going through electoral registers, checking life members against people living at the address. As a result, we caused much argument at the AGM that year by questioning the veracity of the membership list, and suggesting that 10-15% of our 'Life' members were most likely pushing up the daisies. It even got to the point where Mrs Statham hotly argued that if these people didn't tell us they were dead (we didn't manage to get in the point that one had had his obituary printed in the Peak Rail mag, but was still on the list) it wasn't her fault!
Ah well. Time for bed. See you all next week.


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Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday cleared up any lingering confusion that might remain over what gun legislation he supports.
He backs open carry, which he mentioned this week in his "State of the State" speech. He also backs campus carry, which he didn't mention. And it would appear that he supports any other pro-gun bill that might make its way through the House and Senate this session.
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Size: 17 X 17 INCHES
Year: 1966
Condition: Excellent
Frame: See description
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Signature: Hand Signed
Edition: Edition of 200
Price: $ POA
Description: The exact medium of this piece is screenprint on rives BFK paper
This piece is initialed in pencil, dated, signed and titled
About Artist: German-American painter and teacher. Born in Bottrup, Germany. Trained as a teacher at Büren 1905-8 and taught for several years in a school. Studied at the Royal Art School, Berlin, 1913-15 (painting his first abstract picture in 1913), the School of Arts and Crafts, Essen, 1916-19, the Munich Academy 1919-20, and the Bauhaus, Weimar, 1920-3, studying assemblage glass painting. On the staff of the Bauhaus 1923-33, first at Weimar and then at Dessau, teaching typography, furniture design, basic design, etc. After the closure of the Bauhaus in 1933 he settled in the USA where he taught at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1933-49, was head of the Department of Design, Yale University, New Haven, 1950-9 and also taught widely elsewhere. First one-man exhibition at the Periódico 'El Nacional', Mexico City, 1936. His interest in making series of colour or tonal variations using a standardised abstract compositional schema began in 1932-5 with his 'Treble Clefs' and culminated from 1949 onwards in the series of paintings, lithographs and screenprints 'Homage to the Square' as a systematic exploration of colour relationships. Published Poems and Drawings 1958 and Interaction of Color, demonstrating his theories of colour in painting, 1963. Died in New Haven.
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How to Keep ED Out of Summer Plans
By Katrin Alyss--During the summer, many of us like to make plans to go on vacations, road trips or head out to amusement parks. But there is one thing that we need to think of: ED, that pesky parasite that would love nothing better than to ruin our summer fun and take the joy out of our activities.
There are a few things that we can do to make sure he doesn't tag along and try to spoil our summer fun. When you go on vacation, do your normal packing and make sure that you have room for nutritious snacks. Try to travel with supportive people who know about your eating disorder. They can help you during mealtimes and encourage you to go out and have some fun.
Another tough spot may be a pool or the water park where ED could encourage you to make comparisons. Always try to have a support person or a "recovery teammate," as I call it. When ED starts his shenanigans at the pool or water park, let your teammate know and they can encourage you and let you know that you shine in their eyes. My husband has to do this for me at our wave pool. He reminds that me I am his wife and I look awesome in my bathing suit.
If you're traveling alone or with an unsupportive family, keep a notecard with a helpful reminder in your purse, or where you will be able to see it when needed. Here is one thought: ED: You are not allowed on my vacation. I will not listen to your lies.
The amusement park is one of my favorite vacation spots. It has a lot of fun rides, but it also has a lot of food that could potentially be triggering. I know that ED tries to trip me up by focusing on the amusement park food and tricking me into thinking that if I don't eat, that's a sign of strength. Keeping snacks like granola bars—which are easy to eat and very convenient—in my purse helps me through the day. Also, before we even arrive, we eat a full breakfast. After all, we need energy to conquer those rides!
We can have fun in our summertime activities as long as we come prepared. This way, we can ensure fun and freedom—we deserve it!


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Hello my crafty friends!
Camp Create Day 4!Already!And the fun goes on…with sensational sliders! OK…I admit I really enjoyed this one! Although I don't have any special dies or loads of experience in this type of cards, that wasn't hard to make and it's a fun!
I'm not going to explain how I made this card cause it is complicated when you try to write it down in words…but I will link you the video from MFT blog Camp create day 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNtJ4v00FkI) where Stephanie explains it perfectly. (Instead of the die I simply drew and cut down my panels to make them match the die pieces in the video).
Supplies used:
- Kraft Cardstock paper – white
- Tim Holtz – Distress mini ink pads: Tumbled glass, Broken china, Scattered straw, Brushed Corduroy
- Copics: C5,C3,C1, R59,R29,R27,B12, E53,E55,E35, E27
- Hero Arts mini ink pads: Cornflower, Pale Tomato, Red Royal
- MFT – Hogs Heaven
- Sweet Dixie – Beach Huts stamp set
- Avery Elle – Sentimental stamp set
- Ranger – Mini ink blending tool
- Paper trimmer
- Craft knife
- Scissors
- T-Ruler
- Double sided foam tape
- Double sided tape
With this card I earned the following badge:
And I entered the following challenges:
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Thank you all for stopping by!Have a lovely day and don't forget to smile! 🙂


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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Without a helmet
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David Guttnfelder/Associated Press A helmetless Prime Minister Kan with soldiers' remains Mr. Kan has surprised many in Japan with his enthusiastic push for a project to bring home the bones of some of the 13,000 people believed buried on the island.
Before that, there was the 2006 motorcycle accident after the first Super Bowl victory, with Roethlisberger getting badly injured while riding helmetless and without a permit.
Fans in Pittsburgh fed up with Big Ben, but Steelers stuck with QB
I want him not to wear too much padding, to look like a man who has rushed out to bat from the track, or a night spent at the Grand Hotel in Cannes: helmetless is the dream, but provocatively bared forearms will do.
Why English cricket needs the six appeal of an Indiana Jones | Barney Ronay
Or quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's helmetless motorcycle joyride that ended in a horrific crash.
Raiders returner Johnnie Lee Higgins scored on a punt return for the second straight week, skittering 89 yards down the Broncos sideline, picking up blocks along the way, including one near the goal line by helmetless teammate Jon Alston.
The controversial comic paths blazed by "Doonesbury" -- whether it was the unmarried couple Rick Redfern and Joanie Caucus wordlessly depicted in bed together, or a helmetless B.D. shouting "Son of a bitch!" after losing a leg in Iraq -- have provided dividends to be reaped by the generations after Trudeau.
Riffs' Best Books of 2010: Trudeau reflects on 40 years of 'DOONESBURY'
If all women across the nation chose to ride helmetless for fifteen hours straight, there would surely be several more deaths than if they had all worn helmets.
But for an individual woman who rides her bicycle helmetless to the corner grocery store once a week, the risk is so minor that some would dismiss it outright.
To argue that drivers should be free to "disrespect" cyclists who are helmetless is akin to arguing that we need not summon an ambulance if an injured automobile passenger was clearly not wearing a seatbelt in direct violation of the law in most American states.
Single Sided and Fully Enclosed: The Inaccessibility of "Bike Culture"
I see a few people justifying helmetless riding by virtue of a separate bike path... that's the only place that has sent me to the hospital on a bike.
Single Sided and Fully Enclosed: The Inaccessibility of "Bike Culture"


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Redefining the tablet by providing more ways to have fun, connect with friends and stay productive on the go, the Motorola XOOM boasts a dual core processor with each core running at 1 GHz, 10.1-inch widescreen HD display. Winner of the Best of Show award at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the XOOM also offers support for Adobe Flash Player--enabling you to view the web without compromise.
Dual-core processing, Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform, and 10.1-inch HD multi-touch display. It runs Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, which offers a multi-touch, holographic user interface that improves on Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization. It also offers the latest Google Mobile innovations, including Google Maps 5.0 with 3D interaction, access to over 3 million Google eBooks and Google Talk with video and voice chat.
The Motorola XOOM features a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video chats over Wi-Fi via Google Talk, as well as a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera that captures video in 720p HD. The 10.1-inch display delivers console-like gaming performance on its 1280 x 800-pixel display, and it features a built-in gyroscope, barometer, e-compass, accelerometer, and adaptive lighting for new types of applications.
Other features include a 32 GB internal memory, memory expansion via optional microSD cards (with future software upgrade), Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking with Mobile Hotspot capabilities, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, access to personal and corporate e-mail, HD 1080p video playback, HDMI output for connecting to a compatible HDTV or monitor, and a 3250 mAh battery for up to 10 hours of Wi-Fi internet browsing.
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Fácil de leer
La técnica G153: Making the text easier to read (nivel AAA) nos da unas pautas para reducir la complejidad de un texto:
- Develop a single topic or subtopic per paragraph.
- Use the simplest sentence forms consistent with the purpose of the content. For example, the simplest sentence-form for English consists of Subject-Verb-Object, as in John hit the ball or The Web site conforms to WCAG 2.0.
- Use sentences that are no longer than the typical accepted length for secondary education. (Note: In English that is 25 words.)
- Consider dividing longer sentences into two.
- Use sentences that contain no more than two conjunction.
- Indicate logical relationships between phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or sections of the text.
- Avoid professional jargon, slang, and other terms with a specialized meaning that may not be clear to people.
- Replace long or unfamiliar words with shorter, more common terms.
- Remove redundant words, that is, words that do not change the meaning of the sentence.
- Use single nouns or short noun-phrases.
- Remove complex words or phrases that could be replaced with more commonly used words without changing the meaning of the sentence.
- Use bulleted or numbered lists instead of paragraphs that contain long series of words or phrases separated by commas.
- Make clear pronoun references and references to other points in the document.
- Use the active voice for documents written in English and some other Western languages, unless there is a specific reason for using passive constructions. Sentences in the active voice are often shorter and easier to understand than those in the passive voice.
- Use verb tenses consistently.
- Use names and labels consistently.
También se propone en la técnica G86: Providing a text summary that requires reading ability less advanced than the upper secondary education level (nivel AAA) la creación de un resumen del texto que requiera una habilidad de lectura menos avanzada que la de un nivel de educación de secundaria.
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Watch: Theo Epstein sprays Bill Murray with champagne
Bill Murray was buying beers for fans in the stands but the real celebration took place in the locker room when he popped champagne with Dexter Fowler and then had champagne sprayed in his face by president Theo Epstein.
Murray served as a special correspondent for FOX and gave an inside look at the locker room celebration.
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Watch Murray and Epstein celebrate below:
Drunk Bill Murray interviewing drunk Theo Epstein is one of the best interviews ever. https://t.co/STy90yPQSc— Joon Lee (@iamjoonlee) November 3, 2016
The Cubs overcame a 3–1 series deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians in seven games.
You can put the dry cleaners on Epstein's expense report.


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A 41-year-old man was charged yesterday with the rape of his 12-year-old stepdaughter in Kratie's Snuol district on Sunday, while a second 17-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl in Poipet on Monday.
Thanh Noeurn, 41, was charged amid accusations that he had raped his underage stepdaughter and gave her 10,000 riels (US$2.50) after threatening her life if she did not keep silent about the assault, according to Keo Srey Sey, director of the provincial office of anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection.
He said that the victim went to visit her grandfather on Sunday with her stepfather, when he stopped his motorbike in a cashew plantation and raped her.
In a separate incident, a 17-year-old was arrested in the Poipet commune of Banteay Meanchey's O'Chrou district, over accusations that he raped a 13-year-old girl while she went to use the bathroom outside her home on Monday.
"The victim's mother said that her daughter went to the bathroom located behind their house alone," Sith Los, director of the provincial anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection office, said yesterday.
"Her parents wondered why she was gone for such a long time, and when they went to look they saw the suspect raping their daughter while she cried."
He added that the suspect would be charged in provincial court today.
The suspect allegedly admitted to the charges but said that the sex was consensual, according to Om Sophal, police chief of Poipet town
He added that police caught the suspect as he tried to escape, and that there was enough evidence to charge him with rape.


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And if you work for a company who look to donate places or you are incredibly generous you can also offer a one time donation of $500 to adopt a camera for another child.
Awesome. This is on my to do list in life.
Oh my goodness! This is beyond amazing. I want in.
I know. Makes your heart smile. ;)
What a completely fantaastic idea you've found Tracey. I think some prints will make great prezzies for some friends of mine. Thanks so much for sharing-I will get some too-very touching. Cx


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I've just received an email from Findmypast.co.uk. They are currently running a special promotion where they have credited some of their members' accounts with 25 free pay as you go credits credits. With a value of £3, this is a very generous offer, and there is absolutely no catch. You just need to log in to your account and use the credits within the next week.
Findmypast.co.uk have census records for 1841-1911, fully indexed birth records, millions of parish records, and military records for 1656-1994. In other words, plenty of ways to use up those 25 free credits!


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If lobbying as a legislator is a common as it seems, I say we should take down ALL of them who are using their offices for personal gain.
We also need transparency in all the financial shenanigans going on with investments. I fear those in the general assembly are like ticks feeding off the billions and billions of dollars invested by the state. They are, I'm sure, profiting in kickbacks and investments while the taxpayers are getting screwed on huge fees up front and getting miserable returns on the investments compared to other states.
The legislators and the investment corporations are hiding what's going on on the excuse that the contracts are confidential. Screw that! If they'd doing business with the state, EVERYTHING should be in the open.
The motive for Graham has nothing to do with right and wrong--even in his warped, neocon judgement. The motive for him is power maintained by massive influxes of money from the government contractors making money off continual, low-intensity warfare. Graham is doing everything in his power to send our boys overseas to get maimed or killed defending the borders of other countries just so he can fend off any challengers to his US Senate seat.


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Backstrom to start in goal for Wildby Aaron Vickers
CALGARY -- Niklas Backstrom is expected to make his fifth consecutive start when the Minnesota Wild visit the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday.
Wild coach Mike Yeo confirmed Backstrom would start after the team's morning skate, but said he didn't have a plan beyond Monday, even with a game in Vancouver on Tuesday.
"Just going into [Monday] right now," Yeo said. "Spent very little time thinking about [Tuesday]. That's important for our entire group, that we're not thinking about last game or [Tuesday's] game. We're just ready to play against a team that we know is going to be hungry and come out hard."
With just five goals in their last four games, Devin Setoguchi said the Wild will rely heavily on a strong performance from their goaltender.
"You need good goaltending in this League and we've got it," Setoguchi said. "We're not scoring goals, definitely [Backstrom] needs to play good and he has been and we need to help him out here."
Yeo ruled out the return of defenseman Jared Spurgeon, who will miss his ninth consecutive game with a lower-body injury.
"He's getting closer, yeah," Yeo said. "Conditioning-wise he's looking good. Ideally I wish we had a few practices here to get him in and see how he's looking, but he's getting closer."
Here is the lineup the Wild are expected to ice against the Flames:
Zach Parise - Mikko Koivu - Charlie Coyle
Dany Heatley - Mikael Granlund - Devin Setoguchi
Matt Cullen - Kyle Brodziak - Cal Clutterbuck
Mike Rupp - Zenon Konopka - Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Scratched: Matt Kassian, Torrey Mitchell, Marco Scandella
Injured: Jared Spurgeon


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I've posted before about the Food Coop initiative that's been started by some neighbors with the institutional support of the Educational Alliance. Well, one thing that's come from those meetings is that a brand new CSA — the LES CSA — is trying to get on its feet. Just Food (the same great group that got us started in 2008) has hooked them up with Monkshood Nursery in upstate NY for their own weekly distribution of fresh, organic vegetables.
Since the Grand Street CSA is booked for 2010, if you know anyone still looking to join, please make sure they know about the LES CSA — and soon! Monkshood Nursery has given them an April 1 deadline to fill 50 shares. And while they are already halfway there, it would be a shame for everybody if they couldn't quite make their quota.
Their program is basically the same as ours, though distribution will be on Thursdays instead of Tuesdays, from the corner of East Broadway and Jefferson (at the Educational Alliance or the Public Library). And they may not have any extras at the LES CSA for their first year.
(Meanwhile, don't forget we have our own wait list over here. And no one should feel shy about signing up for the new CSA for 2010 and our wait list for 2011.)
LES CSA registration is available online.
March 24, 2010
There's a New CSA in the Neighborhood
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A comprehensive measurement tool, the LaserAce 1000 rangefinder combines a laser distance meter, digital inclinometer, and sighting scope. Complete with Bluetooth® wireless technology, remote data is automatically integrated into GNSS workflows for a wide range of mapping and GIS applications.
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A large, backlit LCD allows simple navigation between measurement modes and instant verification of measurements recorded.
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Aug. 14 — Canada agreed to a spectrum sharing plan with the U.S. along the border in preparation for the 2016 U.S. spectrum incentive auctions, the Federal Communications Commission announced in an Aug. 14 blog post.
The agreement, through a finalized statement of intent, follows on a similar arrangement reached between Mexico and the U.S. on July 24.
The agreement marks another of the many milestones the FCC must pass in its efforts to achieve a successful auction that is expected to change both the U.S. broadcast and wireless industry landscapes in coming years.
As part of the agreement between the FCC and its counterpart, Industry Canada, the two countries will work on a framework and timeline for harmonizing the repurposing of TV spectrum for mobile broadband on both sides of the border to minimize interference.
The FCC is planning to recapture spectrum voluntarily relinquished by TV broadcasters located in the 600 megahertz band for resale to the wireless industry to help meet burgeoning consumer demand for mobile data.
Canada has separately decided to repurpose its own 600 MHz band, with the intent to repack TV broadcasters into lower frequencies. The Canadian agency is seeking comment on the details of that process, according to an Aug. 14 decision.
"Joint repacking will produce significantly increased benefits and a better result for both countries, making more broadband spectrum available than if each country proceeded independently," FCC International Bureau Chief Mindel De La Torre and Gary Epstein, chairman of the Incentive Auction Task Force, said in the blog post.
The FCC is also hoping that coordinating spectrum use along the border will encourage higher bids from wireless companies interested in purchasing "cleaner" spectrum to yield a potentially larger, coordinated North American wireless market.
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It's only Wednesday, and my mind is already blown by the number of options music fans have for a great live concert experience in LA this weekend. I'll get into more details on several of those tomorrow in our Weekend Jumpstart, but for now, I just wanted to bring one event in particular to the attention of our readers: Charli XCX with Kitten at The Troubadour Friday night.
I've talked about Kiten on the site before, and we've even had a chance to chat with frontwoman Chloe Chaidez, but Charli XCX was new to me prior to this week. Not sure how I've missed her as the young Brit supported the last Santigold tour in the US, had dates with Coldplay earlier this month, and will be opening for fun. during the second of their three shows at the Wiltern this weekend. Not exactly flying under the radar with acts like those, but this Friday the tiny dance sensation is the main attraction, and if you like your electro-pop stars wearing more black than neon, she's someone you need to check out.
Watch Charli XCX's video for "You're the One" below, and if you like what you hear, be sure to pick up tickets for her show with Kitten at the Troubadour this Friday night.
Charli XCX Tour Dates:
08/15 – Portland, Oregon Doug – Fir Lounge
08/16 – San Francisco, California – Rickshaw Stop
08/17 – West Hollywood, California – The Troubadour
08/22 – London – Sebright Arms
09/03 – Middlesborough Town Hall – Africa Express
09/04 – The Arches, Glasgow – Africa Express
09/05 – HMV Ritz, Manchester – Africa Express
09/06 – Solus, Cardiff – Africa Express
09/07 – The Big Top, Bristo – Africa Express
09/08 – Granary Square, London – Africa Express
09/09 – Isle of Wight – Bestival
09/29 – Brisbane – Parklife
09/30 – Sydney – Parklife
10/01 – Perth – Parklife
10/06 – Melbourne – Parklife
10/07 – Adelaide – Parklife
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday declared that India and the US have decided to work as equals in "a strategic relationship that will positively and decisively influence world peace".
Addressing a joint press conference with US President Barack Obama here after delegation level talks, Dr Singh said the two countries had agreed to broaden the strategic dialogue to cover many areas.
The US and India would also initiate joint projects in Afghanistan and Africa, he said.
Dr Singh also welcomed the US decision to lift controls on export of high-tech items and technology to India and support New Delhi`s membership to multilateral bodies like the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
"This is a manifestation of the growing trust and confidence in each other," the PM said, adding that the US and India would expand cooperation in space, nuclear and defence sectors.
In his opening remarks, Obama said that he and his wife Michelle were thrilled to be in India and thanked Prime Minister Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur for extending the incredible hospitality.
Describing India as an indispensable ally, Obama said the partnership between India and the US is needed to "address challenges of our time, from tackling terror to preventing spread of nuclear weapons, fighting climate change, forging economic cooperation etc."
All this, the US President said, is not possible without a strong Indo-US cooperation.
"Ours is no ordinary relationship… it is a partnership between two nations with strong traditions of pluralism," Obama said, reiterating what he has been saying all along his India trip: "The relationship between India and the US would be the defining partnership of 21st Century."
Describing Dr Singh as a man of extraordinary intellect, Obama said during his delegation level talks with the Prime Minister he discussed steps on "how to take our friendship forward."
Obama said he couldn't recall any previous occasion where the two countries have agreed on these many number of steps to take the bilateral partnership forward.
He said the two nations have decided to "expand trade and economic partnership… for our people's prosperity."
"Trade deals signed in Mumbai are important steps to elevating India as key US trade partner," Obama added.
He specifically listed out a deal under which India will purchase ten C-17 cargo planes, which in turn will secure 22,000 jobs back in the US.
Obama also noted that the two leaders have agreed to reduce key trade barriers and protectionism.
The two nations have also agreed to deepen the partnership in clean energy technology, Obama said, adding a clean energy research centre would be set up in India with joint efforts.
On the terror front, the US President said the two nations have decided to enhance cooperation between their Intelligence, "to ensure the safety of our citizens."
As part of the initiative, the US Homeland Security and the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs would cooperate on matters of intelligence.
While making no mention of Pakistan in his opening remarks, Obama said, "We agreed on the need for all nations in the region to take steps to ensure that there are no safe havens for terrorists."
Acknowledging India's role as a partner in civilian reconstruction in Afghanistan, Obama thanked the Indian people for their generous contribution for improving the lives of Afghan people.
On the nuclear front, the US President said India will build a new centre of excellence for nuclear energy and security as part of global nuclear non-proliferation efforts.
The two nations also agreed to deepen bilateral consultations on East Asia as India expands its influence there, Obama noted.
Further, the US President said he agreed with the Indian Prime Minister on consultations on global issues, including international institutions like the UN, to reflect the reality of the 21st Century.
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Annie L Jackson, 77, of Rue Renoir Street, South Bend, IN, passed away Saturday, April 22, in Saint Joseph Care Center. She was born June 30, 1928, in The Rock, Georgia.
Annie retired from Marshall Fields after 11 years of service. At the time of her passing she was employed with the Real Services Foster Grandparents Program.
She was an active member of Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Andre A. McGhee.
Survivors include six children: daughter, Linda A. (Terrance) Walker of Milwaukee, WI; sons, Walter (Linda) Jackson Jr., Marvin Jackson and Ronnie (Wendy) Coleman, all of South Bend, W. Dwight Jackson of Norwood, OH, and Donald Coleman of Marion, IN; and one brother, Clarence Robinson of Chicago, IL.
Annie had 10 grandchildren, Dwight Jr. and Dexter and Darrien Jackson, all of Atlanta, GA, John (Carolyn) Jackson of Lawton, OK, Joe Jackson of Beijing, China, Octavia Coleman of Davenport, IA, Sarah, Areille, Desiree and Ronnie Jr., all of South Bend, IN; five great-grandchildren, John Jr., Cameron, Chavon and Joshua, all of Lawton, OK, Akida Jackson of Atlanta, GA; one niece, Doris (Marvin) Charles of Waukegan, IL; along with many other relatives and friends.


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For me this assemblage has a resolution feel to it - not insomuch as to interpret an ending per se more of an understanding, coming to an awareness or an accomplishment of... until the next chapter, anyhows.
My recent mood and emotion has most definitely being a direct influrence on what has been coming through within my assemblages and upon looking back on the process an evident religious spiritual theme has appeared - such as the sculptures 'House of the Holy : Enlightenend Ones, Trinity, and Temple Within...'
The majority of my process in the assembling is preety much an automatic pilot and chance happenings - once I've attained an allowing, a freeing from all and any conscious control and thought, can the create energy be drawn upon. Then later observations, once I've given time to breathe between each process, am I able to formulate the technical side of things; the drilling, welding etc... into the construction of the piece. You know tho' - the best observations I have had with my works are actually the comments made by the viewer. Yes! I love, encourage and welcome these comments - for they help me in the way of looking at and seeing the piece - which I may not have be aware of...they are gold moments and at times become a pivotal turning point, in the direction in my life - and I am thankful for all those comments!
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Future Internet 2013, 5(4), 460-473; https://doi.org/10.3390/fi5040460
Network Traffic Features for Anomaly Detection in Specific Industrial Control System Network
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Kaitovayla 1, Oulu 90571, Finland
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Received: 27 June 2013 / Revised: 5 August 2013 / Accepted: 10 September 2013 / Published: 25 September 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Security of Systems and Software Resiliency)
AbstractThe deterministic and restricted nature of industrial control system networks sets them apart from more open networks, such as local area networks in office environments. This improves the usability of network security, monitoring approaches that would be less feasible in more open environments. One of such approaches is machine learning based anomaly detection. Without proper customization for the special requirements of the industrial control system network environment, many existing anomaly or misuse detection systems will perform sub-optimally. A machine learning based approach could reduce the amount of manual customization required for different industrial control system networks. In this paper we analyze a possible set of features to be used in a machine learning based anomaly detection system in the real world industrial control system network environment under investigation. The network under investigation is represented by architectural drawing and results derived from network trace analysis. The network trace is captured from a live running industrial process control network and includes both control data and the data flowing between the control network and the office network. We limit the investigation to the IP traffic in the traces. View Full-Text
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The U.S. subsidiary of a Korean automotive company needed a vehicle allocation system that allowed car dealerships to check inventory, request specific makes and models, locate vehicles across North America and view historical sales. They also required a fast, reliable way for dealers to determine whether potential buyers were eligible for car loans.
Our challenge was getting real-time information from corporate headquarters to their 820 dealerships nationwide in a web-based, highly-scalable environment. The system had to be intuitive, highly secure and accessible to more than 10,000 users.


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Windows Vista Repair – How to Repair Windows Vista Errors Without Spending a Fortune
Fortunately we can now repair most Windows Vista Errors quickly without spending so much money. Just by using a Windows Registry Cleaner program you can scan your computer for errors and repair them on a regular basis.
Currently some of these programs are equipped with system optimizer to bring your computer speed back to when it was new. They are also able to protect your privacy by erasing tracks of your information in your computer when you want them to.
There are just so many things that could go wrong with Windows Vista and repairing them all at the nearby computer shop could just be too expensive. I bet you would have seen one or some of these examples with your Windows Vista operating system:
- Your Computer starts up and shuts down slowly.
- Windows vista keep reporting errors.
- Your PC keeps freezing randomly and your Computer runs gradually slower.
- You keep getting Physical Memory Dump or Blue Screen Error.
According to Computer professionals, all these problems are caused by windows registry. Registries are the core files of your Windows Vista which controls everything inside your computer. Your programs, devices, settings, and all the things you do with your computer. Windows Vista cannot repair registry automatically.
Only professionals are able to fix registry manually and they need a lot of time to fix each of them. Do not attempt to modify or repair your vista registry by yourself, one mistake can lead to a total data loss. Your best bet is to get software that can help you repair your registry.


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text: Hey, I currently have a Peavey Mark VII head and a EV 4-10 bottom. I am looking for something a little more portable and a 15" speaker. I am playing in a modern rock cover band that plays small to mid-size bars/clubs. My plan is to get a combo amp that I can use my 4-10 with for bigger gigs, and use alone for practice and small places. The question is how many watts? I see these guys on here using 600+ power amps and such. I've been looking at the GK combo which is a 400rb with a 15, the ashdown stuff either the electric blue (150 alone 200 with ext. cab) or an ABM 300. Is this enough power? My Peavey runs at 160 with 8ohms but always seems a little under powered there have been times when I really need to crank it. Is 50-100 wats more going to buy me anything or do I need to bite the bullet and go for something like the SWR black beauty(350+)? Thanks, Scott