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Star Taur (MADE IN DAZ 4.9)
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THIS HERE IS MY README FILE. If you're not sure you're going …
THIS HERE IS MY README FILE. If you're not sure you're going to remember, try copy and paste into notepad or something. I sincerely despise making readme files, weeding them out when I install objects, and finding them cluttering my runtime. So this is my readme file.
***This is not a conforming object.*** As I mention later on this page (that people don't seem to get to when reading this), this is a WEARABLE. I am sharing this with you as a friendly gesture. I'm not selling it, and I certainly am not making any guarantees on it. It works for me, but I'm used to having to tweak things after years of, well, tweaking things. I offer no apologies if you're having issues.
***The object's path is going to be where I put it in MY runtime. I can't sit around guessing where you're going to want it to be, so I advise you to move it manually if you don't like it.***
More notes: Cookietaur was it's own being with legacy rigging, and Star is Triax rigged... so to make it work I simply morphed Cookietaur into strange, unrecognizeable shapes and made a wearable that (if not parented) you parent to Star's hip without using the autofit function. (Drag and drop or use the parent function.)
Cookietaur poses work with it, but you will have to move it around in your environment to get it back onto Star sometimes.
I've also included a Star character with her legs resized so you don't have to do all that. Star Taur looks best with smoothing turned on.
Also comes with 2 coat materials. All are set for iray.
*****Not tested in poser, and probably wouldn't work in it.****
You absolutely have to have Littlefox's Star and Cookietaur (both found at RuntimeDNA) for this to work. No I will not give you Star or Cookietaur if you track me down to my Deviantart and ask, so please don't. « Less
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|thelufias (2 years ago)
|Thank you very much
|spearcarrier (2 years ago)
|Dynchia, okay. Thank you for letting me know. I'm not sure when but I plan to go back to this and work on it a little bit, see if I can improve on it. Then I will upload fixes.
|Dynchia (2 years ago)
|Sorry about that. I went back and re-read my post and now it's not making sense to me. I've already fixed the icons on my system. Another problem which I did not post in the previous post, but had planned to post today is that your custom skin textures which the DAZ Material presets are suppose to load are missing. (Not the DG velvet or the OOT Hair, you can't include those). I more …
|spearcarrier (2 years ago)
|Dynchia, I'm sorry but you're not making any sense here. I've read your post many times and I'm not sure what you're wanting from me. Are you complaining the icons aren't how you feel they should be? Okay. So change them? Just open their folder, open the icon in an art program, and edit to your heart's content. Are you telling me a part was missing? Okay... if more …
|Dynchia (2 years ago)
I'm really into Star and went so far has too buy Cookietaur just so I could use this. I do not regret the purchase, dispite the neg's I am about to post.
There was no read me so it was confusing. (I could not remember what was written here in the post.) There is a thumbnail image in the DAZ Wearables but it does not show up in Studio since there is no Studio file with the same name. more …
|regilio (3 years ago)
|thank you !


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A complete SEO manual for OpenCart online stores. Learn all you need to know about how to optimize and promote your Opencart e-store: seo store configuration, seo products and category settings, keyword research , seo modules, useful SEO softwares, and much much more.
There are a few e-books out there about Opencart, but all of them are covering only the configuration, installation and administration part (that's quite easy!). None of them is offering you a detailed view about how to optimize and promote your Opencart store, and this is the most important part.
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Dear Minister Baird;
I am writing to express my concerns over two pieces of legislation that are currently under consideration by the United States Congress, SOPA (H.R. 3261) and PIPA (S. 968).
The conservative principles of limited government and free speech are threatened by this legislation and other laws in the same vein. This legislation would give the American government powers to restrict access to information on the internet tantamount to those enjoyed by China and Iran. Moreover, the restriction of information flow in today's knowledge economy would give the state a dangerous degree of control over commerce.
My concerns are not restricted to the American situation. Canada has historically worked to establish a copyright and intellectual property regulatory regime relatively harmonious with that of the United States. I worry that if the American government passes this type of legislation, similar laws will be enacted in Canada, to the detriment of the freedom and economic prosperity of our citizenry.
Not only will the legislation not protect intellectual property, but will in fact have the opposite effect. By removing or restricting the market where information is shared one impedes the free sharing of ideas and the cultural and technological evolution of society. There are effective ways to protect the intellectual property rights of individuals and corporations which do not give government such sweeping powers to restrict internet traffic.
I urge you to make known these concerns to your American State Department, and to share these concerns with your Cabinet colleagues.
Matthew Naylor
cc. Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister
cc. Hon. Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry
cc. Hon. Nycole Turmel, Leader of the Opposition
cc. Hon. Bob Rae
cc. Libby Davies, MP*
*She's my MP.


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|May 16th, 2017 - Novi Sad, Serbia - Independent developer Mad Head Games, today announced that Rocking Pilot, its twin-stick shoot 'em up, is out now on Steam. Developed in collaboration between Mad Head Games and Gungrounds, Rocking Pilot is the first release through Mad Head's new Indie Accelerator Program. Rocking Pilot is available now on PC via Steam for $5.99/£4.79/€5.99 and will be launching on PS4 at a later date. Rocking Pilot is an irreverent single player top-down shooter that combines combo high score chasing, cartoony graphics, fast-paced arcade gameplay, a heavy rock soundtrack and crazy weapons into one awesome package.
"Today we celebrate the launch of Rocking Pilot on Steam! I'm so proud of the team at Mad Head and Gungrounds for delivering such an awesome shooter." said Nenad Tomic, CEO of Mad Head Games. "We wanted to create something that feels simple, yet offers a lot depth once you get your teeth into it. I think that once players get into the game, they will really enjoy the fast-paced gameplay, deep upgrade system and addictive high-score chasing of the leaderboards."
In the world of Rocking Pilot, war has become a televised entertainment program run by WYNC Studio 1. After a rigorous training regime of watching hundreds of action movies, "The Pilot" is now combat trained. He's ready to become a reality TV star, but more importantly find a way to put an end to all this madness.
Featuring intuitive twin-stick controls and deadly bullet hell arenas, Rocking Pilot will have test players to the max as they rack up high scores with the combo system by defeating enemies. On top of your traditional arsenal of machine guns, rockets and more, your chopper's propellers have been replaced with deadly rotor blades, allowing for simultaneous carnage from close-quarters and long range. Levels also have optional objectives that will increase your score and earn you more cash to spend on new chopper skills, weapon upgrades and more. With a punk spirit, zany characters and fast-paced arcade gameplay, Rocking Pilot is a contemporary version of the classic shoot 'em ups of the 90s consoles and arcades!
Rocking Pilot is available now on PC via Steam, priced at $5.99/£4.79/€5.99. For more information head to the game's Steam Page. Rocking Pilot is also planned to launch for PS4 at a later date.
About Mad Head Games
Mad Head Games was founded in 2011, built on solid foundations of ambition, friendship and talent. We quickly grew to become a true powerhouse of the HOPA scene. With our 18 titles so far, we've redefined the genre and established ourselves as one of the leading casual adventure developers in the world. "Always ready to break new ground, we're about to reinvent ourselves yet again with our upcoming projects in genres beyond the casual space while retaining our high-standards and a desire to push the industry forward".
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Allowing a user to sign up for your app via OAuth has become common place. If you've used Meteor in the past you've experienced the ease through which you can set up OAuth in the browser or in Cordova. If you haven't, or you're just interested in learning more about the flexibility, I would suggest checking out this recipe by The Meteor Chef. It may also help you configure Google OAuth if you run into any issues throughout this post.
One problem with the way Meteor handles the integrated OAuth is its reliance on the browser. This one took me a while to workout but I think I've now find a solution I'm happy with - which we'll be exploring today. So, let's jump into how to set up Google OAuth for your React Native application that is backed by Meteor.
First, clone the Meteor React Native boilerplate. You can do so via
git clone https://github.com/spencercarli/react-native-meteor-boilerplate.git
Setting up the Google App
First thing we have to do is set up the Google App so that we can authorize our Meteor app, and later our React Native app, with Google. This is a step you have to take regardless of the platform you're using.
- Go to the Google Developer Console
Create a new google project (image 01 and 02)
Open API Manager
Click the Credentials Tab
Set a Product Name
Create an OAuth Client ID
Add Settings for the Client ID
- Save your New Credentials
Setting up the Meteor Server
We're going to have very basic Google login on the web side of things. This is just to show that everything is working and the same login system is used for both the Meteor web and the React Native app.
Add the necessary Meteor packages
meteor add accounts-google service-configuration accounts-ui
Create the following directories:
Delete the following files (just cleaning things up)
Now we need to create a new client file
Now create a .gitignore file in the MeteorApp directory. We don't want to commit any private keys
Create a settings file to store our google credentials
Now we actually have to configure our Google OAuth services so the package has access to the proper data.
Start your Meteor server with your settings file
meteor --settings settings.json
localhost:3000and try to login to your app via Google! If you followed the steps above everything should be good to go and you can move on to the next section.
Setup the React Native App
We're going to rely on the
react-native-google-signin package which I have used in the past. It's got a shared API for both iOS and Android which makes setting up our application code simple.
Code in this section will all happen in the
RNApp/ directory so make sure you run any commands from there.
Save the Google SignIn package to your node modules
npm install react-native-google-signin --save
Configure your platform(s) I tried to write detailed steps for both iOS and Android for this section but I realized that it would make this post incredibly long and that I would just be repeating the documentation of the package itself so rather than try to reinvent the wheel I will push you towards the proper resources instead.
For iOS: https://github.com/apptailor/react-native-google-signin/blob/master/ios-guide.md
For Android: https://github.com/apptailor/react-native-google-signin/blob/master/android-guide.md
Note: Depending on what you're experience is/where your app is at you may have to sign your Android app before following the instructions from
react-native-google-signin. You can access those instructions here here
(IOS ONLY) Add the CLIENT_ID from the .plist file you downloaded earlier to your app config file like so:
Now we actually have to configure Google Sign In for our app. We're going to update the componentWillMount function in our main file. First we need to import our config file and GoogleSignin library.
Next we have to set up our sign in screen. Just to make it easy for this tutorial we're going to go ahead and replace our entire signIn container component.
Now that we got rid of the old, unnecessary, code let's make it do something.
- Setup an onPress handler for our button
You should now be able to authenticate with Google! If you're actively building along with this tutorial you should see your user information returned in the console. Let's actually make it do something though.
Create a function that changes our logged in state when we login
We don't want the user to have to enter their credentials each time they use the app so we should automatically log them in when they open the app, if they've previously authenticated.
- Once a user is logged in we need to give them the ability to log out. We're going to modify one function to do so in our signOut file.
So we've now got a system that "fakes" logging in. Once they authenticate with Google we change the screen they're viewing but they're not actually logged in yet. That's what we'll handle now.
Connecting the Meteor and React Native Apps
- First thing we have to do is switch over to the
MeteorApp/directory in our terminal. Then run the command
meteor add spencercarli:accounts-google-oauth
This is a package that allows us to use native Google SDK's for logging in and hooks us into the normal Meteor accounts system. Feel free to check out the source code.
Next thing we need is a list of all the Google Client IDs associated with our app. You can find these at the Google Developer Console. Navigate to the API Manager and then to the Credentials tab.
Once you've got all of your Client IDs we need to update our settings file.
The Client IDs will go into the validClientIds array.
- Still working in the Meteor app we need to tell our Google Service Configuration about these valid client IDs. Make sure to name the key exactly as I do because that is how the package is accessing them.
The Meteor server should now be all good to go! You may want to restart your server.
meteor --settings settings.json
- Switching over to the React Native app we have just three things to do before we can ship it. First is to add a function to login with Google. We'll keep this with our other ddp logic.
Next let's log the user in after they authenticate with Google.
Lastly we need to log the user out of our server as well when they press log out.
Okay you should now be good to go! This was a long one and a tough one for me to write - really had to dive into the internals of Meteor. If you want to find out how to configure offline server access for your app please check out the React Native Google Signin docs. The Meteor package is already setup to accept the data.
You can find an example of what we walked through here. It's missing some data (such as client tokens) but should at least show you where everything is setup and give a full picture of the steps above.
I hope you found this helpful. I find OAuth tricky to setup and even trickier to explain. It would be immensely valuable to me if you could give me feedback on this article and let me know what you liked and what could be improved. You can reach me on Twitter (@spencer_carli) or open an issue on the Github repo.
If you want to see other OAuth implementations from React Native sign up for my email list!


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Problem Set 3 is now posted and is due next Friday, 23 September.
For Problem Set 3, you may work with a partner you choose. If you do not have a partner or prefer to work alone, you must send me an email by 3:55pm on Thursday (tomorrow). That email should have Subject: PS3 Partner. Its body should state clearly either that (1) you would like to be assigned a partner for PS3, or (2) a good reason why you prefer to work alone for PS3.
To get inspired for Problem Set 3, I encourage you to watch this very cool short movie by Vi Hart on hand-drawn L-System fractals:


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Fresh off of the 20th anniversary celebration of 2012, creator Roman Dirge is ready to shake things up for Lenore and her friends. He's revealed that he plans to kill one of them off in an upcoming four part series from Titan Comics.
Beginning on March 28th, 2013, one of the lovable undead monstrosities that pal around with Lenore has a target on their back. The fun begins in Lenore #8 in which a fight-to-the-death starts up between two of the main characters. Who will live? Who will die? You'll have to buy the comic to find out. Duh. I'm not going to tell you here.
A film crew from the "Ghosty Toasty" TV show shows up at Lenore's mansion looking for ghouls and they find more than just a Ray Parker song. The storyline will also reveal the truth behind the mask of Taxidermy (Lenore's most mysterious and sinister character) including his history which dates back to ancient Egypt.
"There will be an insane battle." says Dirge. "I have already started designing the town of Nevermore, just so they can destroy it!"
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Lenore #8 will be available at your local comic shop and via comiXology on March 28th, 2013. The book will feature two separate covers, both drawn by Roman Dirge. You can check those out above.
Who do you think will bite the big one with this new storyline? Plus, can a character that's undead really die?
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Ex-Tunisia president gets 20 years in absentia
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- A Tunisian military court on Wednesday convicted the former president in absentia of inciting violence and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
It is Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's first conviction by a military court. He has already been convicted of drug trafficking, illegal arms trading and abuse of public funds and sentenced to 66 years in prison by a civilian court.
Ben Ali was overthrown in a month-long popular uprising last year and fled to Saudi Arabia on Jan. 14, 2011. His fall inspired a series of pro-democracy movements across the region now called the Arab Spring.
The court convicted Ben Ali of having given the orders to security forces to fire on protesters. Wednesday's case was over an incident in the town of Ouardanine when police opened fire on a crowd attempting to stop the president's nephew Kais from also fleeing the country, killing four.
A number of other officials convicted in absentia in the case were given 10 year sentences, according to the state news agency, while others in custody received five years in prison.
The relatives of the victims we're awarded between $100,000 and $150,000.
A second military trial is also underway over the deaths of some 20 protesters in the south of the country. At least 338 people died in the uprising and another 2,147 were wounded.
Tunisia has repeatedly asked Saudi Arabia to extradite Ben Ali so he can face the charges in person.


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LANSING (AP) — A labor union coalition has started a broad campaign that would include pre-empting a possible "right-to-work" push by Michigan lawmakers.
The proposed constitutional amendment announced Tuesday is broader than a stance against measures that might seek to ban contracts requiring employees to join unions. The union-backed amendment appears to provide protection for collective bargaining rights against a wide range of possible legislation.
The kickoff comes after United Auto Workers President Bob King last week said a union coalition had agreed to mount a petition drive aimed at placing a right-to-work ban before Michigan voters in November.
Right to work legislation has some supporters among Republicans who control the Legislature, but passage is questionable. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has said he doesn't want the legislation sent to his desk.


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Till The End of Time Episode 21 Update on Thursday 23rd August 2018
Maya cuts her wrists and rashly drives car. Jahnvi pleads her to sto car. On the other side, Saanjh scolds Arjun why he is ignoring her call. She sees red stain on his shirt and says blood. Arjun acts as panicking and then says it is a sauce. They both walk into their building with their usual nok jhok. Maya stops car and sits next to her car door. Jahnvi cries why did she cut her wrist. Maya says she told that she has to kill herself first. Jahnvi reminisces yelling at Maya that Ashwin's blood in her body and she has to finish herself to get him out of her life. She says she just got dirty blood from her body. Jahnvi cries that she will not go away from her. Their family doctor passes by and stops seeing them. He checks Maya's wrist. Maya reminisces Arjun's
shirt getting stained with her blood.
shirt getting stained with her blood.
Arjun and Saanjh go to Saanjh's house and their usual nok jhok continues. Arjun says Maya drew her car tyre on his feet and it is paining. She says is it and says tomorrow her would be husband Jeetendra Kumar Srivastav is meeting her. He jokes and asks her to ge maggi for him. She asks if he does not have maggi at his home. He says she prepares maggi well. She leaves.
in the morning, Vandana sees Aryan sound asleep. She picks his last night clothes and sees blood on his shirt. She wakes up Arjun and asks how did he get blood, if he is injured or he fought with someone. He says it is a sauce. Ayan enters. She asks them both to reconcile and stop fighting, else she will kick them out of house. Arjjun sees it is already 10:15 and says he is late again. Vandana smells shirt and says this is definitely blood.
Maya gets ready for office. Jahnvi says doc suggested her to rest. She says raat gayi baat gayi, this is a new day, she has important meeting today. She says at her office, she is the boss and everyone is afraid of her. She leaves for office and briefs Rhea about her today's appointments. Arjun enters late and says he came late as his leg is hurt and she had driven car on it. Maya angrily gets into her cabin. He could not drive and had to use auto and she does not know how auto drivers misbehave. She picks her purse and walks. He says he informed aunty that he is coming late. She shouts to call Mrs. Mehrotra or madam and not to to befriend. Once she gets out of cabin, he says he is not mad to befriend her family. She hears that and fumes. He tells peon that Maya is gone and even he is going. Peon says she may come back. He bribes peon and asks to handle himself.
Jahnvi comes out of lift. Ashwin stops her and asks how is she. She reminisces promising Maya that she will not meet Ahswin again and tries to leave. He asks why she is holding medical reports if she or Maya is ill. Jahnvi says they both are fine and asks him to go. He asks if she liked his gifted sari. She reminisces Maya burning sari and says it was nice. He says she looks pretty in green sari and says he needs 5 lakhs. She says she knew and locks her apartment door. He says goons will attack him if he does not give them 5 lakhs. She says she cannot. He says he will get it from Maya itself and walks calling Maya's name.
Ayan cals Arjun and says he is in trouble and needs his help. Arjun says he knows he is with a girl and needs money, he cannot help now and disconnects call. He then calls chini ki bori/Saanjh's brother. Saanjh waits for Arjun in a restaurant and thinks her fiance will come and go, but Arjun will not come. Arjun enters with Saanjh's brother wearing white clothes and dancing in Jeetendra's style on Naino me sapna, sapno me sajni…song. Everyone get disturbed hearing loud music. Maya is having a business meeting with her client on the other side and client says it is too disturbing. Maya cannot see Arjun's face, she walks towards him angrily. Manager stops him and says he will handle it. He goes and asks Arjun to stop loud music. Arjun says they come to restaurant to enjoy and dances without song. He then taunts Saanjh that her Jeetendra came. Saanjh asks him to go before Jeetu comes. Arjun tautns he must be very boring. A handsome man Jeetendra enters chattting with people around. Arjun jokes with him some Jeetu is coming to meet Saanjh. Saanjh say she is Jeetu. They both sit. Arjun scolds cheeni ki bori. Cheeni is bori says they are looking weird in front of Jeetu. Arjun asks Jeeti if he is a doctor. Jeetu says he was and now he is researching on cancer patients for which he gets 80 lakhs per annum. Cheeni ki bori calls him jiju and asks where was he all these day. Arjun scolds if he is on his side or Jeetu's. He says obviously Jeetu's. Arjun gets afraid seeing Maya there. Saanjh tells Jeetu that he is afraid of boss and came without informing her. Arjun goes to talk to her and silently leaves.
Maya gets Jahnvi's call who informs her that Ashwin is coming there. Maya panics hearing Ashwin foot steps and runs. She clashes with Arjun and runs. Arjun thinks what happened to her. She stops and finds Ahswin in front of her.
Precap: Ashwin holds Maya and she pleads to leave him. He says even she did leave Jahnvi and is taking away from him. He tries to hit her and Arjun comes and holds his hand.


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With all the hooplah lately over Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, we at Dolphins Truth thought it might be a good time to look back about a year ago and re-examine the Jonathan Martin scandal.
As a quick reminder, Richie Incognito was never caught on tape punching his wife nor beating his child. He merely teased his friend…a friend who teased him equally as much.
With so many articles and versions out there, it's hard to find an honest recap of the situation. But here is what happened: Jonathan Martin quit on the Dolphins and walked away from his team. Period. The story begins there.
And should have ended there.
But instead of it ending there, Martin was only beginning. After quitting on his team, he decided to air his grievances publicly. First he quit, and then he tattled. Not the other way around.
Quitting the team is a gutless, cowardly act. But if you are going to quit,at least air your grievances first and hope that change occurs. Don't quit first and then blab. Don't save text messages and voicemails for months at a time and then send them to a total stranger from ESPN. What kind of person does that?
The media was outraged. The Dolphins suspended Incognito. The NFL hired some NY City lawyer named Ted Wells to look into this. And at this point, all we were going by was Jonathan Martin's side of the story.
The media's one-sided obsession with poor little Johnny Martin culminated with NBC. The network allowed Martin a 20-minute interview to spread his side of the story to Tony Dungy, without one single rebuttal interview with Richie Incognito or the 50 other Miami Dolphins who supported Richie's side of the story. It remains among the most one-sided interviews in journalism history.
We heard (and saw on text messages) some very graphic and despicable language that Incognito used, and it really was damning.
But slowly…eventually…the truth began to come out. For example, as horrible as Richie's language was, we learned that Jonathan Martin himself used the same exact language.
Martin spoke to Richie about the hookers and strippers they frequented. Martin spoke about the drugs he used. Martin threatened to kill Richie's family. Martin used the n-word. Martin showed the same amount of class and respect as Richie did. Martin even spoke of Richie as his friend.
Other Miami Dolphins began to back Richie's side of the story. They said that yes, Richie was crass, but Martin was crass also. Martin was no innocent angel. And certainly Martin never once said, "please stop," or gave any indication whatsoever that he wanted certain behavior to stop.
Instead of reporting any of this, the media foolishly tossed around the dreaded B-word, as if a 300-lb giant professional athlete like Martin was truly being "bullied." He was teased. But he was a teaser too. That means if he were bullied, he was a bully himself. You cannot engage in bad behavior and then cry when someone else commits the same behavior. It makes no sense. Yet Martin did this. And the media "forgot" to mention it.
Eventually, the Ted Wells report came out, and it was laughable. The NFL allowed Wells himself to be judge, jury, and executioner. He stated his own opinions as fact, and Roger Goodell accepted all of it. For example, when Jonathan Martin talked about certain events, he was an innocent victim of bullying. But when Mike Pouncey talked about certain events, Wells said that Pouncey was not believable. There is a word for assertions like that, and it is called "Opinion." Men are not condemned nor vindicated by opinions, especially not the opinion of a NY City lawyer who doesn't know a single thing about an NFL locker room.
Aren't we all glad this entire situation is behind is and that Jonathan Martin is now happily warming the bench in San Francisco as his new team is 3 games out of first place?


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Hey everyone! Day 3 is now over and I am currently running off 3 hours of sleep, so I apologize if this blog post makes no sense hahahaha 😛
Today was the day where I woke up at 3:30am… Yes you read right, 3:30am. BUT it was all for good reason as we were featured on Breakfast Television Toronto! What an amazing experience! It was awesome to see the "behind the scenes" that occurs while producing a show!
When we finished filming for Breakfast Television, we actually ate our breakfast at a cute little restaurant called Grenadier Cafe 🙂 the staff was so friendly and the food was delicious!
Later on in the day, Schwarzkopf Professional taught us hair tips & tricks, as well as gave us a few haircare products! Lunch was then served by Panera Bread! Absolutely delicious!!
Once lunch was finished we headed off the the Yorkdale Mall where we received gift cards from Bench! YAY SHOPPING. They had adorable clothes and a sale was happening too! Double score! #MissBench. We also received gift cards from @Yorkdalestyle (Yorkdale Mall) which was for our dinner!
Heading back to the hotel, we were all exhausted however our night didn't end there! 2 hours of rehearsals! We learnt our opening number and our different walks!! We also received our comfortable shoes from our sponsor Hi-Tec! #hiteccanada
Okay I'm exhausted and need to go get some sleep but I hope everyone had a fantastic day! Stay tuned for more blog posts from the week and also make sure to watch the Miss Teenage Canada delegates on Global News Toronto as well as Global National 🙂
À la prochaine fois,
Xo Brianne.


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The Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) is only found in a quite restricted region of Britain, mainly in Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties. Like its close relative, the Black Hairstreak, it only occurs in close proximity to its larval food-plant, the Sloe.
Brown Hairstreaks are very elusive butterflies and spend most of the time high up in the trees but when the weather conditions are favourable they can come down to nectar on flowers whilst the females also descend to lay their eggs on the sloe.
Larval food-plant: the Sloe
They mainly occur in quite small, scattered populations so sightings rarely consist of more than just a few individuals.
The morning was spent at Otmoor under ideal conditions but no sightings were made (although a female had been seen and photographed here earlier in the day). A second well-known locality, Whitecross Green Wood, was visited next but again none were seen. Other people also searching had no luck either (although there were two probables very high up in a master Ash tree). So, a return was made to Otmoor for one last attempt and this was rewarded with a male perched on bramble in dense vegetation. After making such a long trip it was pleasing to have success at last although it had taken four hours of almost constant searching.
A Red Kite circling over the site at Otmoor


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Video: Geraldo Rivera Blames Hoodie For Trayvon Martin's Death
Appearing on Fox News on Friday morning, Geraldo Rivera said that George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who shot Trayvon Martin, should be investigated, but also urged black and Latino parents to not allow their children to wear hooded sweatshirts (video below).
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Rivera said: "I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was. You have to recognize that this whole stylizing yourself as a gangsta, you're going to be a gangsta wannabe, well people are going to perceive you as a menace. That's what happens. It is an instant, reflexive action."
"That's an automatic reflex. When you see a black or Latino youngster, particularly on the street, you walk to the other side of the street. You try to avoid that confrontation. Trayvon Martin, God bless him. He's an innocent kid, a wonderful kid, a box of Skittles in his hand, he didn't deserve to die, but I'll bet you money if he didn't have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn't have responded in that violent and aggressive way."
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Samar is Adorable.
Today I had a business meeting and decided that I must enjoy part of spring break (yesterday I spent inside doing load after load of musty, just-moved laundry). So I went to Zeitgeist and wrote my abstract for my final paper with sunshine, 2 margharitas and Samar. We shared a fantoozle cheeseburger, too.
Then I came home and delayed putting stuff away, and found this photo from our show at the DNA Lounge at the MEAT 5 Year Anniversary Party, which just goes to show how adorable, sweet and lovely she is:


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Summer is still going!
Dan's activity this week:
So for many of my listings the showing activity picked up last weekend…other listings have made recent adjustments either to price or even added upgrades as a result of market feedback. As I tell my clients…when you list your home we have to listen to what the market is saying either they'll come through the home and give actual feedback or they won't even come through the door! Regardless, the market is speaking to you.
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So in addition to the two homes that have accepted offers and the 11 listings I'm currently selling and the 11 buyers I'm working with, I have two clients building new homes…one just had their basement dug this week while the other clients just signed their initial paperwork. They look to finish late Dec this year and sometime in late Feb early March respectively.
I also learned that my big "Lunch and Learn" at that a local company has been pushed back. That company is a big one and they are just starting their Wellness program and want to make sure that they are ready and can really make an impact on their employees…I can't wait to get the opportunity!
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With Gordon Brown and, reportedly, Barack Obama both agreeing to up their respective countries' troop count in Afghanistan, Afghan watchers have understandably spent the past week focusing on the military component of the international effort (plus, of course, the nefarious activities of the Italians).
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Wrong. It turns out that the EU's much-vaunted "comprehensive approach" is chimerical—a figment more of an illusory European self-image than any reflection of our performance abroad. In a new report published by my think tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations, two security experts argue that Europe's overseas interventions are being hampered by three problems: an outdated reliance on models that worked reasonably well in the Balkans but that are utterly unsuited to places like Afghanistan; European governments' unwillingness to treat civilian deployment seriously and to live up to their commitments on numbers; and tiresome and debil…


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Alicia Keys Covers 'Marie Claire UK' July 2013!
Alicia Keys strikes a fierce pose on the cover of Marie Claire UK's July 2013 issue, on newsstands now.
Here's what the 32-year-old singer had to share with the mag:
On her husband Swizz Beatz: "Swizz will have the fastest car, the biggest jewellery, the loudest jacket; everything with him is really over the top. I used to see him and think, 'he is so annoying'.
On getting older: "I think getting older has made me evolve in a lot of ways and made me more relaxed about saying how I feel, no matter what."
For more from Alicia, visit MarieClaire.uk!
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Fox Officially Cancels Scream Queens
To absolutely no one's surprise, Fox has cancelled Scream Queens. The Ryan Murphy-produced series struggled in the ratings throughout its two-season run, securing a 1.0 demo during its freshman year, and an even lower 0.6 during its sophomore.
Scream Queens co-starred Keke Palmer, who played sorority girl Zayday Williams, and Niecy Nash, who recurred as security guard Denise Hemphill.
Today's cancelation was mostly a formality by Fox, as everyone knew the show would most likely not get a third season. The majority of the cast, Keke and Niecy included, have already booked new gigs. Keke is joining the Epix drama Berlin Station, while Niecy can presently be seen starring in the TNT drama Claws.
As for Murphy, his relationship with Fox continues thanks to his recent production, 9-1-1, getting a straight to series order from the network. The show stars Angela Bassett and centers on a group of 911 operators and first responders.
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The FINCA Costa Rica financial model consists of self-selected community groups, typically ranging in number from 10 to 30 or more members, who pool their savings and receive technical assistance from FINCA staff in managing the funds and making investments in individual member household and other micro-businesses. The community groups often receive limited matching support through FINCA's fundraising, including international grant and loans as well as small grants through local partnerships with urban Rotary clubs in the country's more affluent Central Valley.
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Superación Femenina is one of the first Bikes for the World beneficiaries to take advantage of this unique micro-finance opportunity. Another is Marco Vinicio, an individual beneficiary whose bicycle helped increase sales in his business in San José.
Further examples, and photos are contained in a Washington Post article from July 2011. The reporter and a photographer (seen right, in Costa Rica) visited several Bikes for the World community collection events in the Washington DC region, and interviewed the donors of selected bikes. The team then followed the selected bikes to Costa Rica, where the bikes got into the hands of adults going to work, and children using them to attend school.
FINCA Costa Rica is one of our most effective overseas partners. Over the years, it has developed an impressive resume, receiving support from international, public national, and private agencies including the Inter-American Development Bank and my former USG agency, the Inter-American Foundation.
Contributed by Keith Oberg, Executive Director, Bikes for the World
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Do you ever have a collection on your desk after creating and can't bear to put it away yet? That happened to me recently with the Simple Stories Love & Adore collection. It's just so dang pretty! I wanted to stay on the "love" theme but I needed a good photo. My families' Facebook pages came to the rescue!
I created this layout of my niece and her husband on their one year anniversary. Aren't they a cute couple?? And hugging in the snow makes them even cuter.
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Here's a closer look at the photo area. I popped up the flowers sticker for some depth and sewed in and around the photo mat for additional texture.
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Pittsburgh Grocery Workers Go IWW
by Worker Freedom Thursday, Jun. 22, 2006 at 5:53 PM
Stacey Clampitt (412) 758-9045
Evan W. Wolfson (412) 951-5204
East End Food Co-op Workers Committee
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East End Food Co-op Workers Organize to Improve Conditions and Restore Healthy Workforce at Local Organic Food Store.
PITTSBURGH, PA – Workers at the East End Food Co-op, Pittsburgh's only member-owned natural and organic food market, have organized with the Industrial Workers of the World to improve working conditions, pay and benefits, and to address long-standing issues of low staff morale and high turnover. The Co-op employs approximately 50 workers who could bargain collectively with their employer.
Since launching their organizing drive on May 15th, Co-op workers have requested that the Board of Directors agree to recognize the workers' demand for collective bargaining rights based upon a showing of majority support for the union. The workers want the Co-op to accept the union through the authorization card-check process, whereby workers who support unionization sign cards authorizing the union to represent them during collective bargaining. To date, the Co-op Board has not accepted the workers' demand for recognition, but has stated it is willing to re-examine a 2003 Board decision, which states that workers must vote for the union during a representation election held by the National Labor Relations Board.
Workers want the Board to decide at or before the June 26th Board meeting if it will accept the card-check process and count the cards. The union asserts that because a majority of workers have signed cards and are ready to have them counted immediately, any other process toward recognition is unnecessary and pointless, if not obstructionist. "We're eagerly awaiting a response from the Board so we can begin bargaining," said Co-op customer service representative, Stacey Clampitt. "We want the Board to accept the authorization cards instead of putting us through a long and tedious election process." Once an employer agrees to accept the card-check process, a neutral third party will verify the cards and report if they represent a majority of eligible workers. If they do, the employer then officially agrees to recognize the union for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Even without recognition, Co-op workers point out that since their efforts to unionize began on May 15th, management has been encouraged to formally respond to some of the workers' issues and concerns. Employees received confirmation of a higher starting wage with some increases for current staff, promises of a renewed retirement plan, and plans for an early profit sharing check. "We welcome management's inspired improvements to our pay and benefits," said Scott Reigel, produce clerk. "But we need to sit down at the bargaining table as equal partners to negotiate and guarantee improvements in our wages and working conditions."
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in 1905 and advocates for the organization of workers within their industries, rather than by trade or occupation. The I.W.W. is a democratic, member-run union, open to all workers with or without collective bargaining rights. The East End Food Co-op Workers Committee is affiliated with the Pittsburgh General Membership Branch of the I.W.W.
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AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbot has appointed Bob Leonard and Rayito Stephens as broker members of the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). He has also reappointed T.J. Turner as a public member.
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Danny Wegman once called opening a store in Boston "terrifying," but he plans on moving ahead. Boston's mayor announced Wegmans would be opening a store in Fenway.
Wegmans said the deal is not finalized. No details about the size ad amenities were available. The store will likely replicate the one Wegmans is building in Newton, which will be only 70,000 square feet, the smallest store Wegmans has opened in decades. (The Wegmans prototype is 130,000-140,000 square feet. Calkins Rd. is 110,000. East Ave. will be 90,000.)
Residents are already worried about traffic near Fenway Park. But the news was greeted with joy on Twitter.
Why do Rochesterians care about this new store? First, Wegmans is one of Rochester's largest employers. The success of Wegmans is important to the region. Second, the new store will be in a place familiar to Red Sox fans all over the country. Third, the Fenway Wegmans will be a city store, a major shift for a company that has only built in the suburbs the last 30 to 40 years. The Wegmans city prototype should be followed with great interest by Rochester and other urban areas.
We'll be watching!
Links of the Day:
– Costco is coming to Syracuse. That means it's only a matter of time before a store opens in the Rochester area.
– The Syracuse University athletic department will get more oversight in determining if players are academically eligible.
– Pity the Buffalo Bills, but don't call them poor.
– Critics say the state budget cares more about the Buffalo Bills than it does cancer prevention and people with developmental disabilities.
– Syracuse got two hospitals to lower the rates for city employees. Rochester should pursue this.
– Nurses are seeking doctor-like authority and could open their own practices.
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Nissan Leaf & Chevy Volt Both Break Their US Monthly Sales Records
September 5th, 2013 by Zachary Shahan
The month of August was a good one for plug-in electric car companies. Two of the three leading electric cars (in terms of sales) broke their US monthly sales records last month (we don't have monthly sales numbers for the other one).
The Nissan Leaf's new all-time best is 2,420, while the Chevy Volt's new all-time best is 3,351.
The August sales results also now put the Chevy Volt (14,994) ahead of the Nissan Leaf (14,123) in cumulative 2013 sales. The two cars have been trading places at the top for the past few months or so. It feels like the last stretch of an important race in a Hollywood movie, imho.
2013 Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt sales are leagues above their 2012 sales. As regular readers know, the US Leaf tantalized the market with a $6,400 price cut in January (thanks to the start of production within the US, which cut costs tremendously), while the Chevy Volt finally did the same last month with a $5,000 price cut (which may not have been as warranted as the Leaf's).
I'll have a full August 2013 electric and hybrid car sales update here soon. Hold on tight, it might be an interesting one… Overall, though, as I think you'd guess, it looks like August was a record month for plug-in electric cars.


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2nd ELF ReN forum: "ELF in online communication"
Start date: 19 September 2016
Convenors: Paola Vettorel and Valeria Franceschi (University of Verona)
Topic: ELF in online communication
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1st ELF ReN forum on "ELF and English Language Teaching"
Monday 15th to Thursday 25th of June 2015.
This is the first thematic forum in the ReN. The theme is "ELF and ELT" and the forum will be moderated by two ELF scholars, who have been very active in this area and have kindly agreed to be our hosts for this discussion:
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Celebration of Life for my cousin, Artina Richardson, on Saturday May 20, 2017. We can't thank you enough for the kind words, compassionate care, prayers, and financial gifts, which have helped to lessen our burden. We pray that God will abundantly bless you in return.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – New Jerseyans see a glimmer of hope for the Garden State following Phil Murphy's gubernatorial victory in November, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
After an increasingly pessimistic outlook about the state for the past two years, residents have slightly reversed course: while 60 percent believe New Jersey is still going off on the wrong track, 30 percent now say the state is headed in the right direction – a double-digit increase since August.
Moreover, a plurality (46 percent) thinks that things will get better under the upcoming Murphy administration; 20 percent, on the other hand, believe things will get worse, 23 percent say they will remain the same, and 10 percent are unsure.
A majority of New Jerseyans is enthusiastic at some level about Murphy becoming the state's next governor: 23 percent are "very" enthusiastic, and 35 percent are "somewhat" enthusiastic. More than a third of residents, on the other hand, are not enthusiastic – 13 percent "not very" and 24 percent "not at all."
Just over half believes Murphy has a clear plan for what he wants to do in the state; the other half are evenly divided between feeling Murphy does not have a clear strategy and being unsure.
Six in 10 residents say they have at least some knowledge (17 percent "a lot," 44 percent "some") of what Murphy wants to do as governor, and New Jerseyans show sizeable support for a number of promises Murphy made during the campaign.
Large majorities favor providing employees with a minimum number of paid sick days (80 percent), restoring funding for family planning services (75 percent), fully funding the public-employee pension system (68 percent), raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour (68 percent), strengthening state gun laws (59 percent), and legalizing the sale and use of recreational marijuana (53 percent). New Jerseyans continue to oppose casino expansion (61 percent) and legalized betting on college sports (55 percent).
When asked what issue Murphy should tackle first upon taking office, a quarter mentions something about taxes: 20 percent say taxes, in general, and another 7 percent specifically mention property taxes. Fourteen percent believe education should be his top concern. No other issue receives more than 6 percent.
"Post-election, New Jerseyans are eager about a new administration and what it may bring," said Dr. Ashley Koning, assistant research professor and director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling (ECPIP) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. "But even as optimism grows, the state is in dire financial straits and taxes still reign as a top concern, which may limit what Gov. Murphy is able to do."
Murphy's recognition has grown post-election. New Jerseyans are now more favorable than unfavorable toward the governor-elect, 37 percent to 25 percent; 35 percent still have no opinion of him and 3 percent do not know who he is.
This is a marked difference from just a few months ago, when two-thirds of residents either did not recognize Murphy or could not form an opinion of him either way.
Most residents have yet to form an impression of the state's incoming lieutenant governor: 60 percent have no opinion of Sheila Oliver, while another 19 percent are favorable, and 14 percent are unfavorable.
Results are from a statewide poll of 1,203 adults contacted by live callers on both landlines and cell phones from Nov. 15-27, 2017. The sample has a margin of error of +/-3.0 percentage points.
Some questions reported in this release were asked of a sub-sample, resulting in approximately 600 respondents and a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points. Interviews were done in English and, when requested, Spanish.


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Bars & Restaurants
After working up an appetite on the slopes, head to one of Mt Buller's famous cafes, bars or restaurants to satisfy your cravings. Whether you're after a quick bite to eat or looking for a peaceful fine dining experience, Mt Buller has over 30 venues that are sure to tantalise your taste buds. Enjoy spectacular views as you indulge in homemade snacks, sumptuous mountain cuisine and locally produced wine.
Right in the heart of Mt Buller the iconic ABOM is the place to gather with family and friends for great bistro dining.
Alpine Retreat Mt Buller
Delicious Italian food served with style at Alpine Retreat.
Apres Bar and Cafe
The perfect place to meet after a day on the slopes.
Arlberg - Nooky's Restaurant
Nooky's is a stylish a la carte dining room and bar, with great comfort pub style meals for all the family. For opening times please call 03 57776260
Arlberg Bistro and Bar
The Arlberg Bistro and Bar at a great ski in ski out location is open for lunch seven days a week. Great coffee, bar and lunch meals overlooking Bourke Street.
Avalanche and Alpine Retreat
A favourite of Buller locals!
Black Cockatoo Restaurant
Black Cockatoo Restaurant offers a true fine dining experience with tantalising food and a superb wine list.
Breathtaker - BT Gourmet Pizzeria
Open from 27 June 2014, located in the foyer of Breathtaker All Suite Hotel, BT Gourmet Pizzeria prides itself on using only the freshest ingredients.
Breathtaker - Signature Restaurant
Signature Restaurant will open 27 June for the 2014 snow season.
The Loft Lounge & Bar will be open from 10.00am to late offering our lunch lunch and dinner menu.
Breathtaker - The Loft Lounge & Bar
The Loft Lounge and Bar is open 7 days a week from 10.00am to late.
Highlights include Free Internet Hot Spot and Free Kids' Bean Bag Movie Zone. Also our Mounatin Famous Breathtaker Hot Chocolate with 6 flavours to choose from.
Burger Haus
Head to Burger Haus for sensational gourmet burgers.
Cattleman's Cafe
With a modern rustic decor, Cattleman's Cafe is conveniently located right in the heart of the Village Square.
Celia's Mt Buller Kiosk
If good quality, piping hot fast food is what you're after, you can't go past Celia's.
Chamois Restaurant @ Hotel Enzian
Cosy, friendly dining at Hotel Enzian - under new ownership and management.
Drakes Lounge Bar
Drakes Lounge Bar is located At Duck Inn. Enjoy our Polish Zywiec beer or other local and imported choices.
Or if you are more adventurous, try our Ducktails.
Duck Inn Restaurant & Bar
Visit the BRAND NEW restaurant @ Duck Inn for a delicious menu featuring classic duck dishes and Duck Dinner for Two.
Enzian Bar
New owners and management at this cosy bar in the heart of the Village.
Herbies Bar at Hotel Pension Grimus
You'll never know who you'll run into here. Enjoy an apres ski schnaps, pre-dinner cocktail or nightcap in this intimate and popular cocktail bar. If only the photographs on the walls could tell their stories, but as they can't, proprietor Hans Grimus is only too happy to oblige.
J.D's Pizzeria
As soon as you stroll through the doors of the Arlberg Hotel, you can smell the tantalising aroma of the sumptuous JD's Pizzas.
Kaptans Restaurant at Hotel Pension Grimus
Kaptans Restaurant at Hotel Pension Grimus is one of Mt Buller's most famous haunts, renowned for its consistent outstanding cuisine, service, and ambience. Kaptans is a long standing favorite of Mt Buller regulars for a memorable evening out. Open for dinner every evening, and for a relaxing fireside lunch at weekends.
Koflers Restaurant
You haven't truly skied at Mt Buller unless you've stopped in at Koflers for lunch!
Kooroora Hotel
The Kooroora is one of Mt Buller's favourite watering holes.
Mirimbah Store
Whether you plan to grab a big breakfast before a bike ride, or relax over coffee and cake Mirimbah Store offers great food an friendly service.
Moosehead Bar
After a day out on the slopes, head to the perfect apres-ski and relax by the roaring open fire.
Oli's Kitchen at Buller Central
Head to Oli's Kitchen in the brand new Buller Central development and enjoy delicious Italian classics.
Pancakes Plus
Ski straight off Bourke St and into the Pancakes Plus for a traditional pancake fare.
Powder Bar at Buller Central
The Powder Bar is Mt Buller's newest bar and restaurant!
Ski Club of Victoria - The Whitt Restaurant & Bar
"The Whitt" offers affordably priced, and great value dining.
Ike's Bar and Restaurant located at The Ski Club of Victoria has been recently refurbished that is a first pick with the locals, staff and visitors. Offering great meals and entertainment and daily happy hour it is definitely "the place to be"!
Snow Pony offers a Thai influenced Modern Thai Tapas menu in beautiful and cosy surrounds.
Spurs Restaurant
Spurs Cafe offers the best views, delicious range of Hot Chocolates, Coffee and fresh baked muffins.
Tirol Cafe
Step off the slopes and savour a little piece of Europe, and some of the finest food on the mountain at Tirol Cafe.
Uncle Pat's Restaurant Cafe & Bar
Uncle Pat's has become a hot spot, known for its fabulous food, reasonable prices and fun atmosphere.
Wok Worx
Ski to the door of Wok Worx and try out some delicious authentic Asian style cuisine.
Famous noodles, soups and the Mt Buller dim sims all fresh and cooked to order.
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Lynch (English/Rutgers Univ.; The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park, 2010) shares his love of reference books.
Reference books are made for looking up a particular point; they facilitate consultation rather than reading from cover to cover. However, as the author intriguingly demonstrates, it's still fun to grab a volume of the encyclopedia and wander through it. In this entertaining "love letter to the great dictionaries, encyclopedias, and atlases," Lynch traces the history of reference works from the ancients to Google and Wikipedia. One of the best chapters describes how he organizes his own collection, from those at the ready, like Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, to foreign language and slang dictionaries and the Concise Encyclopedia of Heraldry. As readers make their ways through this book, they are certain to discover a wide variety of must-haves—e.g., Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi's Dictionary of Imaginary Places or Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. The creators of reference books seek the orderly systematization of knowledge, and their creations bring respectability to everything they touch. Pliny's Naturalis historia, Ptolemy's Geography, William the Conqueror's Domesday Book, and even what may be a map of the stars in the caves of Lascaux were just a few of the first reference books. The Enlightenment saw the first vernacular dictionaries. The 17th-century Le Dictionnaire de l'Academie francois prescribed a word's usage, while Samuel Johnson described the word itself. If a dictionary explains what something is, an encyclopedia explains how it works. Enter Denis Diderot, whose Encyclopédie used entries from the likes of Rousseau and Voltaire, setting the stage for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and eventually Wikipedia.
Great stuff for anyone who loves knowledge, deep or trivial. Some readers may even indulge in buying one of the more esoteric titles the author highlights—e.g., The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts or Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich.


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Betty L. Nonnemacher
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 by The Press in ObituariesSt. John's UCC member
Betty "Reds" L. Nonnemacher, 88, formerly of West Catasauqua, died Jan. 4, 2018, at Easton Garden of Nursing Center. She was the wife of the late Clarence W. Nonnemacher.
Born in West Catasauqua, she was the daughter of the late John Schubert and Lillian (Kline) Snyder.
She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Whitehall.
She was employed by various silk mills in the Lehigh Valley and the former Smith Candy Company, Catasauqua.
She is survived by a son, Dennis and his wife Kristina; a daughter, Lori and her husband William Serra; a sister June Schlofer; three grandchildren, Tammie Nonnemacher, Dennis Nonnemacher II and Riley Serra; and three great-grandchildren Colby, Kylie and Hunter.
Arrangements were made by Brubaker Funeral Home Inc., Catasauqua.


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Empress of Sol
Four Queens vie for control of the Solar System.
The Queen of Earth, Katrina the III, has her eyes on the riches of the Asteroid Belt and the wealth of Helium3 on Jupiter. If she were to control those resources, no one could stand in her way.
However, she is opposed by the Queen of Mars, Martha of Glassdome. Queen Martha's military might is unmatched in the system. The Queen of Venus, Ariel the IV, is wise in the ways of diplomacy and statecraft. Queen Ariel has kept the other queens quarreling for nearly a decade. Not least is Queen Tasha of Saturn, who has tried to remain neutral, while selling her wares to all factions, making a healthy profit. With a flick of a computer stylus, many feel she could become Empress and be unopposed.
Mega-Corporations such as Helion, Stardyne and Terresta all pay homage to the queens with one hand and plot their demise with the other. Even smaller corporations like WaterEx and OmniPet plot and connive in a never ending quest for more power and position in the system-wide society.
The people, in general, are mere pawns. There are 250 Billion of them in the System, most have been reduced to little more than wage-slaves. Actual slavery is considered a solution for poverty, unemployment, addiction and prison over-population. The only prisoners who do not end up as slaves have a value to the crown and are kept not only to remove them from general society but to protect their usefulness.
Revolutionaries, freedom fighters, terrorists, mercenaries and pirates ply the space lanes in search of social, political and monetary gains. Falling afoul of any of these groups often means instant and horrible death.
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I need to see if I can prepare pdfs for a database in text format
At the moment, I save the pdfs as text files but the page numbers, headers and footnotes are all causing me grief as they ruin the database. Page breaks are also a problem
So I take them out manually but then this leaves gaps everywhere and so split sentences
Basically, I'd like to know if I can select the whole document after I take out stuff and ask Infix to reflow everything so that my exported text is 'perfect' or as near as possible.
Could show you on skype what I'd like but thought I'd use the forum
Can you help?
There is a way to get Infix to export and reflow a sequence of pages as if they are all linked in the same story.
You have to make an article thread spanning the pages concerned.
Go to the first page of the document containing text you want to export.
Select the article thread tool from the tool bar (looks like a wiggly snake).
Draw a box around the text you want to export.
Since this box will be the template for boxes across the document, make sure it covers not only the text you need on the current page, but is large enough to cover the important text on any following pages too.
Double-click in the box you just drew.
Name the Article and then check the 'Duplicate' check-box. You can then enter the page range across which you want the box to be replicated. Press OK and Infix will link up all the boxes.
Now choose File->export Articles... and export the articles in the document.
You may need to choose a Format... such as plain text.
Infix will export and try to link-up paragraphs from the boxes spanning that range of pages.
I'll try this when I have time
The text box would have to be big enough to contain the all the text on all the pages.
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I have a serious paper addiction. My mother would joke that as a kid you could always find me by following the little trail of paper scraps and clippings through the house. So no surprise that I love scrapbooking. There is something really gratifying about it for me--you get to reflect on good memories, be creative and have a moment to yourself. But I knew when Adelaide came along I wouldn't have as much time to scrapbook but I still wanted a place to jot down firsts, quick thoughts and whatnot. Plus I wanted something I could GIVE my daughter about her live besides a USB stick (although she will get one of those too). I wanted a good old fashion baby book but as I did my research I realized with the dawn of digital that paper was going by the wayside. There weren't very many choices and attractive choices were even fewer. So I found one that was as neutral as possible and brought it home, planning that I would just jot down things and then use it as the basis for my scrapbook when I got around to it. Here's what I chose:
Not too offensive, right? But definitely not cute or modern.
But a week or two after Adelaide was born I had a brain storm. Instead of using this oh so uninspiring book as a temporary holding place I spruced it up a bit? With some baby scrapbook paper I already had and my flower punches I was able de-blah the book and make it look more like what I would chose for my little miss. Take a look:


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Web 2.0, or the Read/Write" web, involves using tools that are easy to use with common features – tagging, RSS and FREE – resulting in powerful participation on-line for non-geeks.
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The night that Barack Obama drew more than 30,000 people to downtown St. Paul still haunts Keith Schmitz.
"It was the most insane thing I've ever seen in my life, as far as that many people in one area for one particular thing," Schmitz said. "It was kind of like Grand Old Day going down 7th St., basically."
Schmitz is a cook at the legendary Mickey's Diner, just a couple blocks from the Xcel Center. And he knows the crowds and mayhem that surrounded the Obama event represent just a slice of what he can expect in the first week of September, when the Republican National Convention comes to town.
The diner is situated in a roughly seven-square-block area where decisions about street closures and security measures are still up in the air.
Schmitz says he's worried about losing his off-street parking spot and wonders how he's going to get to work.
"I was hoping I would have known everything by now, but I haven't heard anything from my bosses. I don't even think they know, and they own the place," said Schmitz.
While vehicles may be blocked off on some streets, Assistant Police Chief Matt Bostrom says the public will still be able to walk up to any business, church or hospital.
"We anticipate all of the businesses will be open down there. The sidewalks will be open. For those that want to be open and have public customers, they will be open," Bostrom said.
In fact, St. Paul's plan may pleasantly surprise anyone who's familiar with the disruptions that plagued Boston four years ago during the last Democratic National Convention. The city shut down a busy freeway near the convention site and had to divert commuter rail service. Some businesses reduced their hours or closed altogether.
St. Paul officials are beginning to meet with district councils, businesses and churches over the next few weeks. They are also working with Metro Transit to figure out how to reroute bus lines. Bostrom says public forums in mid-August will provide a more complete picture.
"The timelines for the convention will be established by that time, we believe," Bostrom said. "The agenda, the number of sessions, the time of day, number of delegates, number of media. Everything we've been using for our projections have been based on previous conventions."
"We anticipate all of the businesses will be open down there. The sidewalks will be open."Assistant St. Paul Police Chief Matt Bostrom
Some businesses have already made adjustments. The Children's Museum of Minnesota, for example, has decided to close to the public on Labor Day, when throngs of anti-war protesters will march past its doors.
The city expects 45,000 visitors to flock to St. Paul for the convention. City engineer John Maczko says the city has dealt with crowds like this before. Maczko says four years ago, the National Hockey League All-Star game and Winter Carnival Ice Palace drew 150,000 people for one weekend.
"And similar streets were impacted around the Xcel, and we expect things will be different, but it's short-lived," Maczko said.
Still, many downtown residents are nervous about the hoopla. Condo owner Rod Halvorson is president of the downtown district council.
"I know there's a group of people who talk of leaving for a week, and going and visiting friends and relatives in other locations. But I would say the vast majority of people are nonchalant and know this is occurring, but will try to get around despite the fact that a huge event is going on next door," Halvorson said.
Halvorson has attended the past two Democratic national conventions as a delegate, and he says there's no question that businesses will be affected, even if they're still open for walk-in traffic.
"There were businesses in the restricted zone where people could walk to, but it was like a deserted island in those areas," said Halvorson. "People could walk up to those businesses, but if the traffic wasn't going there, business was nonexistent. It was quite a lonely place for the businesses within five or six blocks of the convention center."
But Keith Schmitz, the Mickey's cook, is confident that the diner car and the streets around it will be packed. It might be such a hassle that he may ask for that week off.