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It's a logical argument: Ads that are seen perform better than ads that aren't. But does it prove undeniably that viewability rates are a key success metric for native advertising campaigns?
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So you've got successful content on your site. All you need now is a winning native ad campaign and you'll be golden. Setting performance goals is key, obviously, but that's the easy part. Right? Guess again. In fact this is where many marketers miss their first shot to tally early points for their campaigns.
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In the growing world of native advertising, it is increasingly important for marketers to understand their audience. This includes demographics, psychographics, geography, timing, media channels, and a variety of other indicators. This also means reaching the right audience, at the right time, with the right content. We've broken down some of the most important targeting categories for you below:
The Five-Part Framework for Native Advertising Success
Today we're publishing our brand new eBook "How Media Buyers Can Crush It with Native Advertising Today," to give media buyers and content marketers a framework for driving immediate success with native ads.
Storygize and Sharethrough Partner to Help Marketers Reach More New Customers
Storygize is excited to tell you about our new partnership with the Sharethrough Exchange (STX), the leading native ad exchange.
Storygize Qualifies for Respected Category in NAI's Fresh Look At Native Advertising Ad Tech Landscape
We got an awesome note from Chad Pollitt about the latest work from Native Advertising Institute: They have categorized 272 companies in the native advertising technology landscape and prepared a killer infographic.
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We're big fans of the work Native Advertising Institute continues to do in our space, and when Jesper Laursen (its CEO) speaks, we listen.
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There's an obvious reason why native is about to make up two-thirds of all spend on mobile ads. But there's also an underlying reason that isn't being talked about yet. Let's start there.
5 Steps to Succeed in Native Advertising
In the world of marketing, good content captivates, informs, and/or entertains. That said, even the most thoughtful and attractive content doesn't necessarily deliver an audience.
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And Nome, Alaska has a problem you wouldn't normally expect.
Nome is used to rowdy residents, but some relatively new transplants are making a real nuisance of themselves -- although unlike the colorful characters of the early 20th century gold rush days, these visitors have four legs, not two.
Musk oxen are wandering into the city on the Seward Peninsula, and despite loud noises, water hoses and even a blow-up bear coated in ursine urine, they don't want to leave.
The animals -- actually more closely related to goats and sheep than to oxen -- are large, hairy and, as their name implies, smelly, thanks to a scent gland males use to attract mates. With large horns, standing up to 5 feet tall and weighing in at close to half a ton, adult musk oxen can pose a threat to people and pets that either get too close or attract the hulking animals' ire. There are an estimated 100 musk oxen near Nome, in about four or five different groups, according to Tony Gorn, a wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Gorn said several dogs have been killed by the musk oxen, although so far, no people have been hurt.
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It looks like Selena Gomez has finally moved on from Justin Bieber with another musician, The Weeknd!
The new couple was spotted kissing in LA after he admitted to using drugs in order to create his music. Is he the best choice for Selena who just got out of rehab?
The 24 year old Selena Gomez and 26 years old The Weeknd, also known as Abel Tesfaye went for a romantic dinner at Giorgio Baldi on January 10 and afterwards were seen doing some PDA.
Selena was in rehab for depression and anxiety while her new boyfriend recently admitted to trying an array of drugs over the years.
The artist admitted to The Guardian that he wrote most of his songs under the influence. "Drugs were a crutch for me," he claimed.
"I'll be completely honest with you. The past couple of albums, I do get back to that. … Sometimes you're like, I can't do this sober." He said he first smoked weed at 11, and has since moved on to "heavy" drugs like ketamine, cocaine, mushrooms, MDMA, and more.
Gomez was also in treatment before for pill usage but denied any problems with drugs or alcohol. She recently sought help for her depression and anxiety problems that appeared after she was diagnosed with Lupus. The Weeknd, however, refused to get any help for his drug addiction, saying: "No. Definitely not."
According to sources close to the pop star, Selena has been working hard to stay away from any negative influences in her life.
"Since Selena got out of rehab, she has been cutting out all of the bad influences in her life — and that definitely included Taylor," shared the insider about her friendship with Swift.
The Weeknd split from his supermodel girlfriend Bella Hadid in November, while Selena and Justin Bieber broke up at the end of the summer. Now, the two have found each other and they showed a lot of PDA during their dinner.
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The art has made me a little bit more reserved because I am wearier of people and situations…I think twice before I maybe dance spontaneously in the streets because people will judge and not understand.
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As a whole, if we come together as CEOs, video directors, photographers, and models all strategically placed in pockets, we can stand up and properly represent the African culture.
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Sometimes people think that as an African woman, you've given birth and will never bounce back as before…when people say things like that they think it is supposed to tear you down but it actually does the opposite for me…It actually makes me want to prove you wrong.


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THE FA CUP Final could be played on a Wednesday at the end of next season under controversial plans revealed today.
Senior FA officials believe the switch - set to infuriate supporters - will give England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson the four-week break he wants before the World Cup Finals in Germany.
The FA's move is made even more bold in the light of their decision to pencil in the showpiece occasion as the inaugural game at the new [pounds sterling]757 million Wembley stadium.
Wembley officials are confident of being able to sell all 90,000 seats, whatever the results of the ongoing discussions.
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The detection and identification of pathogens are essential in clinical microbiology and the food industry, as it allows doctors to provide proper treatments to patients and ensures the detection of any foodborne pathogens, so preventing illness.
Phenotypic methods
Identifying pathogens by using phenotypic methods, such as morphological or biochemical characteristics, is one of the most traditional ways of detection. The morphological characteristics of pathogens can be microscopic or macroscopic and include cell shape, size, staining (both Gram and Acid-fast stain), and other structures unique to particular types of pathogens (such as endospores or capsules). With regards to staining, a 'Gram' stain is used to classify bacteria into two groups: Gram-positive or Gram-negative. This is based on their cell wall structure and components by using a crystal violet dye. Gram-positive bacteria possess an outer membrane surrounded by a thick layer of peptidoglycan. Peptidoglycan can retain the crystal violet dye, allowing for staining to occur. Gram-negative bacteria do not have this peptidoglycan on their outer membrane, so the dye is not absorbed. Acid-fast staining, on the other hand, is a method used to detect the presence of mycolic acid, also present in the cell wall. The macroscopic morphology of pathogen are characteristics that can easily be examined by the naked eye, usually with the appearance of colonies (such as texture, shape, growing speed).
Pathogens can also be identified by growing them in specific media. Blood agar is the conventional differential media and is made up of 5-10% mammalian blood from sheep or horse. Various microorganisms can lyse red blood cells (and thus degrade hemoglobin), and variations in this rate can determine the species. Pathogens can have different hemolytic activities including α, β, and γ-hemolysis. Β-Hemolysis refers to complete lysis and breakdown of red blood cells, leading to 'clear' zones around such colonies, whereas α - and γ-hemolysis refers to partial and absent of hemolytic activity.
Apart from differential media, selective media can also be used. Selective media contains ingredients which promotes the growth of a specific microorganism while inhibiting the growth of others. MacConkey agar is a commonly used selective media for detecting and isolating Gram-negative bacilli and enteric bacteria, testing their ability of lactose fermentation. MacConkey agar contains crystal violet and bile salts which give inhibitory effects to gram-positive bacteria, and therefore, selects for growth of gram-negative bacteria. Lactose monohydrate within MacConkey agar acts as a primary source of fermentable sugars for lactose-fermenting bacteria, which then results in the formation of acid, producing the color change necessary for detection.
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- Place the cubed chicken in a bowl, and add the marinade ingredients. Marinate it for 30 minutes.
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Our featured speaker, Bill Carson, President of Tucker Hall, stated that, "I think the initial importance of a Cuban consulate is to provide convenience to Cuban Americans based in Tampa and central Florida." A consulate provides assistance to citizens and businesses, therefore having this consulate on either side of the bay will strengthen Cuban relations.
Public Policy Chair, Ryan Griffin, stated that "The Chamber is about economic growth and development. There is an opportunity here to think big. The issues of safety and government views can only be decided on the higher governmental level. There will be competition amongst Florida cities for the location of the Cuban Consulate, therefore we need to be united with the other Chambers.
The Public Policy Council approved the motion to support the following resolution:
"(The Greater Tampa Chamber and St. Petersburg Area Chamber) Supports establishment of a Cuban Consulate locally upon completion of normalized relations."
Pier Uplands
Jason Jensen of Wannenmacher Jensen Architect, Inc. gave the public policy meeting an update of the masterplan development of the Pier Uplands. There has been $20M set aside for this approach. The masterplan identifies potential restaurants, market places for vendors, parking solutions, and a pedestrian bridge to connect the St. Petersburg History Museum to the Museum of Fine Arts. Jensen believes that there needs to be something intriguing to see along the Pier every 200ft to continue people onto the next site. He also stated that the current stage of the masterplan is "purely suggestions at this point, just a design, [we] don't know anything further until we get opinions of stakeholders, including beachfront restaurants." The next four months will include stakeholder meetings, preliminary design, laying out images for city to react to, going into the next phase to continue contract, and will follow the same Pier timeline.
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Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long gave the meeting its county update. She presented an overview of the Pinellas County Behavioral Health High Utilizer Pilot Program and addressed the critical lack of funding, which has impacted the availability and integration of services and information sharing, inhibiting stability for many individuals. The new model of this pilot program is not about housing first, it's about rapid rehousing, to make homelessness nonrecurring. It aims to create permanent housing for 33 people, get them in the shelter, then work on other issues causing them to be homeless such as, mental health and drug/alcohol addiction. The anticipated benefits of the pilot are to end the cost cycle of recidivism in jails, hospitals and Baker Act facilities.
"Education is still focused on a collective solution, but the solution and Chamber assistance is to come alongside, not to go directly into schools," says Dr. Kevin Gordon. He told us that the school grade data is about 18 months old and to keep an eye out on the new reports to see if results have improved. Collective Impact meeting with Alignment Nashville's Sydney Rogers is scheduled for Feb. 12, to identify what collective impact would look like in Pinellas County. No future Task Force meeting date has been scheduled.
Barclay Harless's requested that the Public Policy Council approve the Legislative Task Force's request to support the City of St. Petersburg's $900k local funding request for the Tampa/St. Petersburg Water Ferry Service. The funding request is being sponsored by Representative Kathleen Peters. The $900k funding would provide additional vehicle trips and ridership for the St. Petersburg/Tampa Water Ferry pilot study. Additional water ferries will cut travel time down tremendously. The pilot project will develop a business and operational plan for a ferry service between downtown Tampa and downtown St. Petersburg.
The Public Policy Council approved the motion to support the following legislative agenda item:
St. Petersburg/Tampa Water Ferry Pilot Project: Support a $900k funding request to provide additional vehicle trips and ridership for the St. Petersburg/Tampa Water Ferry pilot study. The pilot project will develop a business and operational plan for a ferry service between downtown Tampa and downtown St. Petersburg. There should be an economic benefit due to increased tourism, reduction in traffic and parking congestion, and associated environmental impact. There will also be an increased economic benefit to the small businesses and attractions in the areas.
Council Member Jim Kennedy told us that Williams Park bus shelters were removed on January 30th/ Hub to Grid System on February 14th, and funding for the I-175 & 4th St Ramp is included in the House budget. However, there is potential to place the funding request in FDOT's state budget. Kennedy has concerns about the long term feasibility of the bike share program after the bikes have aged five years from now. He would like to see a business plan at the Thursday, February 25th PSI workshop at 2:00 pm.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Nick Kouris and Ronnell Montgomery said that, women owned business focus groups are scheduled for February 10th at FL Print Solution. This is the first step in helping the Chamber understand the needs and challenges of women owned businesses in St. Petersburg.
Daryle Hamel told us that there have been three subcommittees established – Sustainable Tourism, Solar Energy, & Internship Program and that over twenty members attended the January 21st meeting featuring Dave Randal from USF on being recognized as a Sustainable Tourism City by the United Nations.
The Chamber continues to move progressively forward in ensuring the success of St. Pete's economy and being the preeminent leader of business in order to ensure the economic growth and vitality of our community.


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Dee describes the attributes of leaders in an organisation that is seeking to be chaordic:
Personally think the Dee's words resonate strongly in an Agile or Lean environment which seeks to achieve the same aims of Balancing Chaos and Order to help produce Creativity and Flow in a safe environment.
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I contacted a couple of helicopter companies and discovered that we could fly to Hana from Kahului. We did have to pay for a round-trip flight that cost approximately $500. We rented a car at the Hana airport for an additional $60, drove to the hotel and stayed overnight. We woke up early and had a nice leisurely ride back to the cruise ship.
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i saw amish people
they were riding a train.
i don't know.
i assume
the second is an orthodox jew?
anyway, i'm not. i've seen plenty of those as well though.
they wear white bonnets
and clothes that don't show much skin, don't they? My sister went to school with some Plymouth Bretheren people, they're similar, I think.
the amish
live as they would have done in the 18th century. no electricity, no motorised transport, no zippers on clothes.
for further information, consult the film 'witness' or wierd al's musical smash hit 'amish paradise'.
or a Jodi Picoult book I've forgotten the name of
if you're a fan of trashy books.
Maybe it was "ironic" train riding, so its ok.
They were going as "indie kids" for halloween.
i was actually going through
amish country at the time, i assume that's why. but it was still a bit surreal for me, anyway, especially as it was about six in the morning and i'd been half asleep through the night, to see these people dressed in 18th century clothes walking down the carriage was a bit much...
I don't suppose you want to trade lives do you?
I really can't be bothered to go to work this week.
Are you heading anywhere in particular or just travelling about?
my general direction of travel
works under the philosophy of "as far away from London as I can get".


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Three new HTC Windows Phone 8 device ready to launched
by Sep 10, 2012 10:43 am0
After Nokia and Samsung, HTC will follow to built Window Phone 8 smartphone device. According to foreign news, HTC will be pushing three new prpducts equipped with the Windows Phone 8 operating system.
The sources said, is the long-rumored HTC to launch three Windows Phone 8 device, we heave covered before about this and now there is HTC Zenith, HTC Accord, and the last but not least HTC Rio, the final name of the three HTC Windows Phone are HTC 8X, HTC 8S and HTC 8V.
The HTC Zenith equipped with a 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 dual-core processor, a Super the LCD is equipped with a 4.7-inch 720p touch screen display, at the same time providing a 8-megapixel camera in addition has downlink speeds of up to 42Mbps with HSPA+.
Accord has 4.3-inch screen size (720p), equipped with 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 dual-core processor built-in 1GB RAM and 8 megapixel camera and NFC functionality compared to the first two, Rio positioning is low end, which is equipped with 4-inch WVGA resolution touch screen, 5 megapixel camera and 512MB RAM.


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OpenGL is not only for game engines. I'm thinking now about visual engines for simulations. Those engines will not quiclly leavle OpenGL for Vulkan. Those products have a lot of inertia.
We know that OpenGL have some drawbacks. And my proposals are focused on one of them Driver Overhead. "GPU pointers" aren't perfect but are know in use in some parts of OpenGL ( Bindless textures, Persistent Mapping ), and they are doing good job.
The new solutions will also help in the future development of WebGL . It's also an interesting future-oriented field.


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The party continues to explore the underground area. There isn't anything particularly interesting except for the area being dryer than expected. A turn here, a twist there, why are we down here again … and then a support column that seems oddly placed. Betsey uses Evidence Analysis:
"What is the column's purpose?" {It provides access to release a trap.}
"How is the trap related to the blast door?" {It is not related at all.}
Betsey searches (20) the column and easily finds a 2 inch square pressure plate in the column. She attempts to disarm it (8) but instead accidentally presses it – which opens a secret door in an adjacent wall. A quick glance past the door shows a unique creature – it's about 7 feet tall, has features of both an orc and a troll — and has numerous worms coming out of its head.
Round 1: The wormskull weaves a thread and attempts to Terrorize Mike, but fails. Betsey casts Dampen Karma, Tom casts Shield Mist. Sabrina blasts it with a Flame Arrow. Maria casts Combat Fury on Kevin (who misses), and Mike swings and thinks he hits, but the wormskull avoids the blow.
Round 2: The wormskull weaves again and tries to attack Mike but misses. Mike whacks, Kevin whacks, Tom blasts with an Astral Sphere, and Sabrina fires again one dead wormskull.
They decide to camp for the night back near the portal room. After the rest, the continue exploring, finding a large cross-like intersection. They turn right, and find the first clear door in the entire dungeon. Betsey look for a trap, finds it, and removes it. She cracks the door open and sees another wormskull, so she carefully and quietly closes the door. The group takes the opportunity to cast some spells to prepare for another battle.
Round 1: The wormskull also prepared some spells, and hits Mike with a Bone Shatter for 2 wounds. Betsey whacks and hits hard, but most of the damage is shifted to Mike. Sabrina sticks it with an arrow, it attempts to pass the love on to Kevin but fails. Mike hits the wormskull but Kevin takes most of the damage. Kevin hits, Maria tries a spell but fails. Tom fires an Astral Sphere, only to receive half of the damage back.
Round 2: Tom throws the Sphere again and gets half the damage back. The wormskull casts Dispel Magic, dropping Tom's Shield Mist and Mike's Combat Fury; then it hits Kevin and takes a recovery test. Mike smacks the wormskull, but gets some of the damage back.
Round 3: The wormskull dispels Betsey's Monstrous Mantle, hits Kevin, takes a recovery test, and then blasts Mike with a Skin Shift (14 damage and 2 wounds). Tom drinks a healing potion, and Mike takes out some anger.
Round 4: The wormskull tries to put Sabrina in Pain but fails, then scratches Kevin. Maria finishes weaving her spell, Kevin hits hard (and only gets 9 shifted back), Sabrina hits with an arrow and Mike gets a decent hit.
Round 5: ELF Cookies Opened! The wormskull catches Sabrina with a Bone Shatter but doesn't cause any other damage. Maria casts Spell Cage (-5 steps to spellcast and weave) and Kevin smacks it hard, and damage shift fails – the tide of battle might be turning!
Round 6: The wormskull takes a recovery test and scratches Kevin. Kevin hits it and gets half the damage back. Mike scratches it, Tom blasts an Astral Sphere (damage shift fails!) and Betsey scratches it.
Round 7: Kevin makes a desperate swing – which hits – and the damage shift fails! VICTORY!
After much resting, potions, and heated foot (I mean food), they continue wandering around, they notice an odd bend in the passages and scratch marks in the floor. Evidence Analysis clearly indicates that the scratches are from dragon's claws – and then they see it. It is chained to the wall and obviously has been skin shifted dozens of times.
"My name is Tapywa. I do not know how long I've been down here. The skulls have drained me of most of my will to live. If you are looking for the Book of Merrox, I have good news and bad news for you – I don't have the Book, but I do know where certain pages are which will probably be of most use to you. I removed them from the Book before the Twins took it away from me. Find the column and press the trigger past the initial stop. My only request is that you find a way to let me know when you've destroyed The Twins."
Side notes – Tapywa is NOT Chumanna's mate.
The party leaves a piece of message chalk behind, heads back to the portal room, escapes out of the building in the War Zone, and arrives back in Haven – with knowledge and papers in tow (along with a large amount of Legend Points).


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The Club welcomed Bob Harris from the Tourism division of the Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance. Bob shared some statistics on vacations - for instance, in many European countries, taking a two-weed vacation is considered mandatory. In the Williamsburg area, tourism employs 11,000 people serving visitors who spend over $1.1 billion in our economy. Not only that, tourism leads to $41 million in local taxes that visitors are paying, instead of residents. Bob shares that Williamsburg has seen a loss of hotel rooms, from over 11,000 to 8,610 currently, but that has been made up for by a robust time share market of 6500 units.
Bob said that we cannot rely on one organization, Colonial Williamsburg, to entice visitors. Moms are making vacation decisions, and history is no longer the driver. So the Tourism Alliance is focused on other events that will bring vacationers. For example, there will be a culinary event and something called a Fireball Run, which is a scavenger hunt, at least in part.
Finally, he said the Chamber supports the widening of Interstate 64 and encouraged everyone to go to www.visitwilliamsburg.com for more information on what's happening in our community.
This item was posted by a community contributor.


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Porteño Events is located is conveniently located in the heart of Sydney's thriving Surry Hills neighbourhood.
Since opening our doors in 2010, Porteño & Gardel's Bar has become both a destination and a landmark in its own right. The food, the drinks, the service, and stunning fit out of the venue itself have all contributed to making it a local institution renowned around the world.


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Woman threatened with machete
A man attacked a father with a machete before holding the weapon to his wife's throat and threatened to kill her, a Donegal court has heard.
Charles Gerard Ward (37), with an address at 49 Ballymacool Woods, Letterkenny, was sentenced to two years in prison which was substituted with 240 hours community service after he pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Charles McDonagh at Canal Road in Letterkenny August 8th, 2009.
Mr. McDonagh had gone to Canal Road in Letterkenny with his wife and four of his children to visit friends at 12 noon on the day of the attack.
Letterkenny Circuit Court heard that Mr. McDonagh had been talking to a friend when he saw Ward coming to strike him in the face with a machete which was up to two foot long. Sgt. Michael Hogan told the court the victim put up his right arm to protect himself and was injured.
Mr. McDonagh fled to his friend's house from where he saw Ward grab his wife by the throat. Ward put the machete to her throat and told her he was going to kill her.
Read the full report in today's Donegal Democrat.


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1. LCD Thermometer Series: Forehead Thermometer, Bath Thermometer, Room Thermometer, Milk Bottle Thermometer, Aquarium Thermometer, Wine Thermometer, Urine Thermometer, and Clothes Thermometer etc. 2. Photochromic Products Series: UV Test Card, UV Activated Color Changing Mirror, UV Color Changing Bracelet, UV Color Changing Sticker etc.
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UV test card, UV discoloration mirror, UV color bracelet, UV color paste, temperature-sensitive color changing spoon
Color change cup, also known as magic cup. That is, the cup is filled with hot / cold water, the cup will change
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text: Looking into buying a used P85 and was wondering something. The car will have 8 year unlimited miles warranty on motor (drive unit) and battery right? It has a 4 year 50k mile bumper to bumper. My question is before your bumper to bumper warranty runs out (4 year 50k miles) you can pay $4k, to add additional 4 more year and 50k bumper to bumper coverage to the car? What if you never take it into the service center for an annual service.


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Sliding Doors. Vector illustration, separated element: left and right door can be animated because they are independent objects in the vector file, in 2 different layers.
Folder contains:
EPS file; High Resolution JPG file; High Resolution PSD file with both doors in a single, isolated layer; High Resolution PNG isolated files with both doors in a single, isolated file.


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Just a little help to any motion design readers out there. Hopefully it will save you the frustation I experienced.
If you've recently upgraded to C4D 11.5 and AE CS5, you may find that importing an .aec file doesn't work like it did before. Even after copying the proper plug-in into your AE folder, any .aec file will still be ghosted out. After some trial and error, I finally found the reason: The plug-in that shipped with C4D 11.5 is outdated.
Here's the new plug-in at Maxon's site. Unzip it and drop it into the Plug-ins folder inside your AE application folder, and all will be well again.
If you haven't used an .aec (After Effects Composition) file before, it's an exceptionally helpful way to marry Cinema4D and After Effects, by syncing up 3D environments and cameras to avoid extra renders and speed up production time. Here's a tutorial from Maxon to get you started.


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::I've adjusted the past two weeks to not having help at nap time. Jim is at school in orientation. And, while he's been working most days at home this summer, that extra set of hands after lunch when little boys need a nap is such a luxury!
:: I'm reading up on lunch ideas, sewing art smocks and making cloth napkins for Mr. 7's lunches. Mum is getting ready for school. I am very aware that making little cloth napkins with name tags for school lunches is not necessary, but it is my way of getting ready. Getting ready to send my little boy to school.
:: I'm thinking about home-school preschool for Rowan. I have big ideas.
:: Knives, wrench, sunscreen, viking helmet, flying squirrels sunglasses... the random assortments that I spend my day re-placing.
:: A summer collection on the nature table. I must say that with the entrance of September I'm looking forward to Autumn.
:: Lots of Legos. Always lots of Legos around here!


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Singer and musician Holly Throsby's Goodwood is a gripping debut novel of secrets and small-town obsessions. After two people mysteriously vanish, a small community is torn apart by dark rumours. Described by The Sydney Morning Herald as 'a satisfying and conscientiously constructed mystery, an affectionate but clear-eyed portrait of a time and place, and a darkly lovely coming-of-age story', Goodwood is both funny and tender, angry and complex. Join Holly as she discusses all things Goodwood with Richard Walsh.
Holly Throsby (Australian)
Holly Throsby is a songwriter and novelist. She has released five solo records, a children's album, and an album as part of the band, Seeker Lover Keeper. She's been nominated for four ARIA Awards. Holly's debut novel, Goodwood, was published in 2016. It was #7 on ABC's The Book Club's Top Ten; and #3 on Dymocks' list of the Best Books of 2016. Goodwood was shortlisted for an Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction.


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LaRue .260 PredatOBR
Good Day Jim,
I took my new LaRue .260 PredatOBR to the range for the first time and used Prime Ammo. I was very impressed with the performance of the Prime Ammo in this large gas gun. The barrel is not broken in and these were literally the first shots that I fired after getting the scope on paper.
LaRue delivers their rifles with a test target verifying that the rifle is capable of sub MOA performance. The test targets are shot in a purpose built 100 yard long tunnel free from the elements. My test target was shot with a competitor's ammunition. The test target was .969 MOA.
The first three groups out of the rifle with Prime Ammo were .747, .647 and .684. This was at an outdoor range with wind from 3 – 4 o'clock at 10 – 15 knots.
I also wanted to thank you for the excellent customer service. My order was shipped the same day that it was placed. That allowed me to get some trigger time behind the new rifle this weekend.
Thanks from a very satisfied customer,
Grant Story
In the picture below you can see the test group on the left and my second group on the right. The test group was shot with a competitor's ammo indoors.


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It's a narrow road that separates myself from the school where I spent a major part of my life for eight years. 8 years? Four years ago, I had said my goodbyes to the very trees, the building, the teachers, the laboratories (that was more of a phew-I-don't-have-to-see-you-again' goodbye when it came to the labs).We shifted our house about two weeks ago. I had texted one of my school friends to tell that now I wake up to the view of our dear school. Pat came her message- 'Hey Girl! This is destiny. When you were in school, you came by school bus. You landed up infront of school during your Masters.Woah!'
I dialed a friend's number right then just to share the trip down memory lane. Unfortunately, it kept ringing, unanswered until the rings died down.
The breeze blew gently calming the warmed up heart... reminding me yet again that some things never change, they remain just the way they are, untouched by times, unforgotten through ages.


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text: Olivia Wilde: 'My breastmilk ice-bucket challenge' News & Gossip Celebrity news 0 Hollywood actress and new mum Olivia Wilde says she was up 'all night' pumping enough milk for her unusual ALS challenge Hollywood star Olivia Wilde has completed the ice-bucket challenge with a difference: she's drenched herself in icy 'breastmilk' instead of icy water. The 30-year-old new mum and Tron star accepted her nomination for the ALS challenge from Glee star Dianna Agron and child actor Ty Simpkins – and then set Twitter on fire with her unusual choice of bucket liquid. "I hope it's OK. Couldn't find any water, so I'm going to use breastmilk," Olivia says in her video. "It took me all night to make this…" The actress, who was recently photographed breastfeeding her son Otis for Glamour magazine, then throws a bucket of icy cold white stuff over her head. It was all just a prank, of course. But the joke looked in danger of backfiring when fans took the Tron actress at her word and she had to take to Twitter to set the record straight. "Oh, wait some of you thought that was really breastmilk? Oh dear. Uh thank you but my boobs aren't that generous! Haha," she tweeted. Read more: Olivia Wilde breastfeeds in Glamour mag fashion shoot Kelly Clarkson: my 'normal' post-baby body in ice-bucket challenge video Tom 'McBusted' Fletcher: 'Let's talk poop!' By Jessica Gibb 0 Comments Share Like this article? Showing of Uh-oh! You need to be logged in to do this... Sign In Sign Up Load more posts Write a comment


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SAN ANTONIO — UTSA all-purpose yards leader Kam Jones was in pads and working out Tuesday morning, an indication that he could be ready to return to action.
UTSA hosts Rice at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Alamodome.
After playing in all 27 of UTSA's games over the past three seasons, Jones didn't travel to Marshall last week.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pound junior from Edna was suffering from concussion symptoms.
His absence was noticeable as the UTSA offense suffered its poorest performance of the season in a 34-10 loss.
Through the first half of the season, Jones is the team's No.1 receiver with 19 catches for 222 yards and a touchdown. He is also the team's No. 4 rusher, with 101 yards on 14 carries.
Jones also has 336 yards in kick returns.
Without Jones on the field against Marshall, quarterback Eric Soza suffered through his worst day of the season, hitting only 10 of 26 passes for 130 yards. He was picked off three times.
Soza was suffering from a cold and congestion early last week, but UTSA coach Larry Coker said his quarterback was OK physically against the Thundering Herd.
"I think he's fine," Coker said.
Coker said Soza did take a beating during the game.
"He was hit pretty good," the coach said.
Added Coker: "We weren't sacked that much, but the pressure and the hits after the throw, those take a toll on you. That's good defense. That's what defenses should do. They should punish you for being a quarterback, I guess."


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Last year, Jim Fiala transformed the back dining room of his Central West End spot Liluma (236 North Euclid Avenue; 314-361-7771) into Liluma Side Door, a more casual, small plates-focused restaurant-within-a-restaurant. Now, Fiala is introducing something similar at The Crossing (7823 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-721-7375), remaking the upper level of his upscale Clayton restaurant as The Wine Bar at the Crossing, which features a menu of "Bites" from executive chef Matt Abeshouse and sous chef Mike Craig.
Fiala tells Gut Check the new wine bar stems from what he and his family, University City residents, thought was missing in their own dining options: "[If] we don't want to sit down for a whole meal, there's no little place to have a bite at the wine bar -- good quality, cooked food that you can be excited to eat.
"It doesn't have to be fancy."
He points to the menu's version of the Italian classic spaghetti cacao e pepe as an example of this: "One of the best dishes in the world, and it's so simple."
The wine bar's "bites" range from as little as $3 for a blue cheese soufflé to $14 for a cheese plate. All but three of the initial dozen dishes are $10 or less, and from 5-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, a limited "Happy Hour" menu prices eight dishes at $6 each.
(The wine bar's "Happy Hour" also features $6 glasses of selected Italian white wines and Mediterranean reds. The regular wine bar menu features four wine flights, two white and two red.)
Fiala says the menu is the result of his pushing Abeshouse and Craig "to do cool, little things -- just have fun."
The "Pig Toast," for example, uses some "really killer head cheese" that the kitchen prepared from a whole Swabian-Hall pig that the restaurant got from Iowa.
"No one eats cold head cheese on a plate," Fiala concedes (though he allows that he himself as well as Gut Check very well might). "Why don't you take it...heat it up, put it on some toast with some Yukon Gold potato, sauce verte, or some quail egg, some prosciutto -- do fun things."
Fiala says nothing on the wine bar's menu is meant to be permanent. When the head cheese runs out, the kitchen will turn to another part of the hog. And if an experiment doesn't pan out?
"If it doesn't work," Fiala says, "It doesn't work."


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EAST STROUDSBURG — It took Matt Soltes three games to win the starting job at quarterback last year.
EAST STROUDSBURG — It took Matt Soltes three games to win the starting job at quarterback last year.
Now, East Stroudsburg University football coach Denny Douds can't wait to see what the redshirt sophomore will do this fall.
"When you are a redshirt freshman and take over, expectations are really at zero," said Douds, who is entering his 40th season as ESU's head coach. "The board is clear and you draw your own picture."
The team will have its spring scrimmage on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in Eiler Martin Stadium.
Soltes, who stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 210 pounds, threw for 2,622 yards and 21 touchdowns versus nine interceptions in 2012. The sophomore from Vernon, N.J., completed nearly 61 percent of his passes (171-of-281), and he also ran for 536 yards.
It's Soltes' feet that equally frustrated opposing defenses.
"You do all the things right as a defense and there he goes," Douds said. "That starts to chew at the defense."
By the middle of October, Soltes' comfort with the offense was beginning to show. In a 45-37 victory over LIU-Post, the freshman gave ESU a glimpse of how good he could be.
He amassed 666 total yards — 535 passing and 131 rushing — and the Warriors finished with a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record 828 yards of offense. The 666 yards of offense by Soltes was the highest total in Division II last year.
"Credit his athletic ability," Douds said. "Now he's not the unknown."
He finished the year by being named the PSAC East Freshman of the Year.
Soltes has some familiar weapons to use at receiver next fall. Seniors Dusty Reed and Robert Bleiler will lead that group.
Reed caught 50 passes for 787 yards and five touchdowns in 2012, while Bleiler caught 37 passes for 608 yards and four touchdowns.
"You're dealing with experienced players, proven commodities in the PSAC," Douds said. "They can make the big play."
Bleiler is the speedster of the group, running a 4.48 40-yard dash. His vertical leap is 38 inches.
Other receivers to watch include Tim Wilson and Brandon Mercer, both decorated track runners. Wilson, who ran a season-best 11.13 in the 100 meters on the track last year, caught the game-winning touchdown against West Chester.
Mercer ran a 10.83 a year ago in the 100 meters, and averaged 31.9 yards on 14 kick returns last season. He returned one kick 94 yards for a touchdown against Cheyney.
Defensively, the Warriors return one of the PSAC East's top linemen in Bryan Thomson, 6-1, 275. Thomson was the PSAC East Defensive Player of the Year after making 50 tackles, nine TFL and five sacks. He also recovered two fumbles and blocked a school-record six kicks.
Offensively, ESU will lean on senior center Greg Blue, who has 28 starts in his career. At left guard, junior Pete Wolmart started all 10 games last year, while at left tackle sophomore Cody Laubach returns. Laubach started 10 games as a true freshman in 2012 and was the first true freshman to start every game on the offensive line since Jeff Koscis did in 2004.
There will be holes to fill in 2013 — most notably at running back, linebacker and secondary, Douds said.
He called the 2012 team "a glorified JV program." ESU had 67 athletes who were redshirt sophomores or younger.
"We took some lumps," Douds said. "The Shippensburg game was an example."
ESU lost 63-21.
There were plenty of positives in a 5-5 season, though, and maybe none bigger than a 35-28 victory over West Chester. Wilson's last-second TD catch was the difference.
Running back may be an ongoing battle until someone takes the job. East Stroudsburg South graduate Collin Hegarty, a redshirt sophomore, is in the mix with redshirt freshman Robert Healy from East Meadow, N.Y. In high school, Healy was a Thorpe Award winner, given annually to Nassau County's (N.Y.) top player. As a high school senior in 2011, Healy was second team all-state, running for 1,800 yards and 38 touchdowns.
Raul Quinones from Father Judge is also going to get a shot at some carries.
ESU opens its 2013 season at home against American International on Thursday, Sept. 5. Kickoff is 6:05 p.m.


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Thursday, 19 August 2010
Sandrock Caves
Riz Designs is delighted to release the Sandrock Caves.
Based around the caves under the ravenshelm castle this huge 1/4 sim cave is a great landscaping item to add to your land and at only 570 prims leaves plenty to landscape or add to.
At the front of this cavern network is a grassy meadow with waterfall , 2 cave entrances and rocky path that leads to the top of the mountain. The mountain top is flat allowing you to place a structure or to landscape it however you want. As you approach the caves you will notice that you can't see into the entrances. As you walk deeper inside it gets darker until you get fully inside where your eyes ajust to the darkness. The same effect applys when you exit the caves being blinded by the light from outside.
At the heart of the caves is the main cavern with waterfall, Pool, climbing rope to the top levels, and many tunnels and paths to other areas, Plus a few secret rock doors out. The main waterfall outside has a control that can turn the sounds and spray off which is located next to the bathing pool and can be taking to inventary for safe keeping.
Price: L$ 7500
Prims: 570
Size: 105x95 Sqm - Fits a 1/4 sim parcal
Permissions: Copy/Mod - scripts copy only
* Realistic main waterfall with menu control for sounds and spray effects.
* Cave entrance and exit darkening and blinding effects.
* Secret rock doors.
* Climbable rope.
* splashable water pool in main cavern.
* Flat mountain top which allows for easy landscapping or adding a structure on.
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Monday, 19 July 2010
New: Mansion House
Riz Designs is delighted to unveil the Mansion House.
This period georgian mansion comes in 2 versions, unfurnished for those that like to decorate themselves, or the fully loaded furnished version with high detail library, dinning room, 6 bedrooms, fully loaded kitchen and bathroom and a stunning 3 floor main hall way with access to many balconies.
Perfect home for large family's and clan's, role play and special events.
Price: $ 13999L
Permissions: Modify /Copy / No Transfer
Prims: 1140 - Unfurnished
Prims: 1718 - Furnished
Size: 50x55 Sqm - Fits into a 4096 or bigger footprint but take prims into account. Recommend a homestead or 1/4 sim if using the furnished version.
Features: Furnished and Unfurnished
* AeonVox lockable Doors - Fully loaded door system.
* NDE window tint systems - 3 way tint, Open, Shade, Close.
* All Rooms decorated differently
Features: Furnished
* Touch On/Off chandeliers with light and effects.
* Touch On/Off fireplaces with sound realistic particle flames and flickering light effects.
* Fully loaded kitchen with working hobs, sink and washing animation.
* Fully loaded high detail Library with fireplace, Tables, multi animated armchairs and sofa's
* Furnished Living area with dinning table and multi animated chairs.
* 6 Unfurnished bedrooms, all decorated differently with working fireplaces installed.
* Fully loaded bathroom with animated shower, animated bathtub with running taps and water level, animated toilet.
Jack In The Box -rezzing system. Drag the Unpacker from your inventory onto the floor, Touch it and select "Rez" from the menu. Wait while the entire structure rezzes in a pile and then snaps into position.
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Riz Ravenshelm Grey Castle
Riz Designs is delighted to unveil the Ravenshelm Castle. Walk across the drawbridge and through the main gate into the cental court yard where you will find stables, blacksmiths, storage areas and cottages. from here you can go in many directions, take the main gates side doors into the walls around the castle or follow up the rocky road that will take you to the main keep, as well as other darker places. The main castle sits on top of a rocky hill looking down on the walled court yard area. Travel through the main keep doors and into the main hall. Here you will find towers that take you up to walkways that circle the keep and up to the roof. under the main keep is a extensive cavern network that connects the main keep with many other areas of the castle and also rumours of a secret way out.
Perfect for RP sims, role play and special events.
Updated Courtyard & caverns
Price: $ 19999L
Permissions: Modify /Copy / No Transfer
Prims: 1770
Size: 105 x 95 Sqm - Fits into a 1/4 sim or bigger footprint
* AeonVox lockable Doors - updated
* NDE window tint systems
* Touch On/Off chandelier with light and effects
* Touch On/Off blacksmiths forge with sound, light and effects
* Lockable drawbridge and portcullis - sounds now synced to door movement
* Custom sounds
* Custom textures
* Secret areas
* Secret doors and passageways
* Sculpy made caverns
* Sculpty waterfall and pool with splashable water
* Touch on/off Chimneys with wind blown smoke
Plus many more
Jack In The Box -rezzing system. Drag the Unpacker from your inventory onto the floor, Touch it and select "Rez" from the menu. Wait while the entire structure rezzes in a pile and then snaps into position.
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Riz Fantasy Castle 2
The Fantasy castle 2 is beautifully crafted with high details and pinpoint mapping thoughout. To enter the castle open the drawbridge and walk along the bridge to the gatehouse and into the small courtyard. From here you can go left or right into the towers, up onto the castle walls, enter the lower levels or open the huge throne room doors. Inside the throne room your greeted with high detail pillers and wide arches. at the back of the throne room you can take the staircase that leads to the palace above. The palace contains the main banquet hall with guest rooms above and the royal rooms on the top level. Above the royal rooms are the roof towers, these towers can only be accessed via the royal rooms making them perfect to lock away your princesses :)
Perfect for Rp sims, role play, weddings, special events and as a dwelling.
Price: $ 14999L
Permissions: Modify /Copy / No Transfer
Prims: 1553
Size: 104 x 76 Sqm - Fits into a 1/4 sim or bigger parcel
* AeonVox lockable Doors
* Lockable Drawbridge and Portcullis With sounds
* Animated Drawbridge Weights - move up and down when drawbridge is raised and lowered
* Every Tower can be climbed - with sculpted staircases
* High Detailed Throne Room
* Main Banquet Hall
* Royal Bedroom with access to roof towers and balconies
* Guest Bedrooms
* Guard Towers
* High Detail good LOD transition Sculpts
* Amazing attention to detail thoughout
Jack In The Box -rezzing system. Drag the Unpacker from your inventory onto the floor, Touch it and select "Rez" from the menu. Wait while the entire structure rezzes in a pile and then snaps into position.
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Welcome to the Paradise of Lomography at Selfridges in London!6 1 Share Tweet
Have you ever wondered how the Lomographic paradise would look like? Are you in London this week? Read on to find out more details!
Have you ever had a taste of the Shang-ri La, an undiscovered paradise where animals and birds roam free along with other gifts of nature? Ever wondered how this paradise would look like in an analogue, Lomographic perspective? Now you could envision that perpetually-tropical heaven at the heart of London!
Visit us the Wonder Room at Selfridges in London from April 14-27, 2009 – learn, browse through and experience flora, fauna and fun in a Lomographic paradise setting you can't miss! Browse through our wonderful installations enough to create illusions of an Oasis in the middle of Selfridges!
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When has this sport every really been clean?
Perhaps in the days where people had no need to cheat. Cheating and sport go hand in hand, never more so than in the modern world where greed takes precedence and millions upon millions of dollars change hands in lucrative deals that can either make or break a team.
Cheating wasn't nearly as common in the earlier days of F1 simply because people didn't need to cheat. There wasn't nearly as much money being thrown around and people were in it to win it; except, not at all costs. These were the days where people in the sport had integrity and dignity.
The saddest part of the sport today is exactly the same thing that drives it forward.
Not content with being the root of all evil, money is even attacking the very reason for a sports existence. It is not enough these days to just be involved: you have to be involved to make the piles of money and that was never a part of the way things were done when F1 wasn't a multi-national global colossus money making enterprise. Bernie Ecclestone is the sports worst nightmare, taking his self proclaimed "circus", selling out to the highest bidder and happy to let the sport turn on itself – a person who appears to enjoy the fact that people within the sport are ripping each other apart.
The only thing he is sad about over the whole Nelsongate situation is the fact that it might effect him personally and more importantly; financially.
He doesn't appear to care about the well being of the sport any more and is more interested in protecting his own interests.
Bernie Ecclestone is a perfect example of why the sport is dying. A self absorbed, disingenuous, impassionate, double dealing, facade for the trauma underneath. As a man who helped the sport to get where it is, it is reprehensible that he is allowing it to tear itself to pieces in this way.
It's not a matter of engine freezes and budget cuts any more – something is critically wrong with the sport on a moral level. More and more teams and individuals within those teams are brazenly willing to cheat and steal and put at risk the lives of others to get whatever it is they want and that always invariably comes down to money.
It truly is the root of all evil for mankind. Make no mistake.
Whatever the outcome of today's events, I am certain the sport and those that are supposed to be looking after it will try and sweep the whole mess under the rug and attempt to continue on doing what they do best; making their piles of money.
F1 was never a sport based on piles of money. It was an honourable sport – one with integrity and dignity. A sport where risk and bravery were rewarded – not with millions and billions but with adoration, wreaths, recognition, revere and champagne…
People keep banging on about how the sport is losing credibility and that is utter bullshit – the sport lost all credibility years ago.
What keeps me tuning in is not what happens off the track but what happens on it so you can imagine my disgust as a true F1 fan, the news that Renault forged a plan to get the win in Singapore last year by putting another driver and countless other people at risk.
I do not doubt that Alonso knew about this plan despite him lying through his teeth about having no idea. How could he not know the reason why the team put him on a ludicrous 2 stop with fumes to get him to the first stop – all the way from the back in 14th? Did he forget to ask?
Alonso…playing by the rules? That's a good one!
We also know that Flavio Briatore, the man who personifies arrogance and pig headed-ness, is also gone and very well masterminded the whole affair – not to mention the disgraced engineer Symonds who "engineered" the disgraceful events.
I feel less animosity toward Piquet Jr. purely because he was nothing more than a pawn being sacrificed on the chessboard to facilitate a mating move.
If anything, he is least to blame – despite the fact that he was driving the car. You may not agree with me but if you were faced with death by firing squad ( believe me, losing a job has felt sickening enough to be likened to death many times. Why do people still kill themselves when they lose their jobs? ), then one cannot really blame Junior for going along with the demands of his employers. Not only was Briatore his boss but he was also his "manager" although I am stunned to think about what it is he actually manages besides his own interests.
Yes, Nelsongate will all be over soon – we await the news as I write this but the stains left over from this debacle will not come out in the wash.
F1 has been going down the toilet not because of viewer numbers or sponsorship deals but because the people who are holding power are irresponsible, corrupt, self serving and manipulative.
People watch F1 for all the reasons F1 is not these days.
That is a tragic thing to consider.


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The party has discussed in detail plans on how to acquire the Senator's Son from the Fiends, Specifically Skat-eye, daughter to Vargo the Goat. Our plan and backup plans are numerous.
The PLAN
The Gourmet and Thor(Disguised in Fiend Armor) go to the Hospital to invite Skat-eye and the Senator's son to a delicious picnic at the outskirts of Carthage, offering her an opportunity to taste meat she has most definitely not had before (Remaining Antidote Burger, if necessary)
If she accepts, then Great, we offer to trade her the burger for the Senator's Son, or Thor's Leg as a sample of Asgardian Meat (That we regenerate with a stim).
If she's attached to the Senator's Son for some reason or has the inclination to travel to further her meat-eating mission, we can offer to take her in as a party member, gaining an alliance with the Fiends, and possibly scoring a vehicle and supplies.
If she accepts but doesn't want to bring the Senator's Son, or flat out refuses, then the Gourmet will do what he can to distract her while the rest of the party moves on to the subsequent plans. As long as he does not make any references to having ties with us, he(and his driver) shouldn't be in danger.
Thor(Hyped up on Super Soldier Serum) uses Ziggy's grapple gun to reach the top of the hospital, grab the Senator's son, jump off the building to the nearest manhole, and retreats, meeting with the party at a previously discussed location, most likely the drainage ditch where the sewers end. By travelling in the sewers, we will eliminate the usefulness of the fiend's overwhelming superiority in both vehicles and weaponry.
Create Diversion in the fiends by planting explosives(and smoke grenades to make the effects more visible) on the opposite end of town to draw fiend forces away from Thor's escape route.
Create a false report of a vulnerable regulator supply shipment to draw more forces from Carthage, as well as report in on their frequency to give misinformation on Thor's whereabouts if and when they realize he took the Senator's Son.
-ex: "I just saw him on the north side of town, the bastard stole one of our bikes!"
Alternatively, we can seek to create interference on the Fiends frequency using either a local transmitter or getting Yo-Yo to broadcast on their frequency, though sewing disinformation is more likely to be an effective strategy.
The Buddy scout infiltrates the compound and sabotages as many fiend vehicles as possible, preferably the helicopters and most well armed vehicles, possibly stealing one himself to escape/appear like a fiend patrol, if deemed necessary.
Honorable Mentions:
Finding an untapped oil well near the town and drilling a path between the Carthage and it in order to fill the sewers with natural gas and blow up/collapse the entire town in on itself.
As it turns out, there are multiple Natural Gas facilities in Carthage, so filling the sewers with gas and blowing them up is looking more and more doable.
Here is Jeffrey's Breakdown
Operation Oceans Apocalyptic Magnificent Bastards
Alpha Team: Kirk Mask feeds disinformation regarding to the Fiends regarding a fake regulator convoy with enticing loot. We'll get Dead-Eye Darien to write up the fake report on the convoy. This will be used to draw off some of the Fiend fighting force.
Bravo Team: Mundy Sweet will come in and offer a picnic for Skadii including the antidote burger.
Objective Papa: If she brings out the Senator's son, then Thor will grab him while riding off in a Ducati with Road Warrior.
Objective Quebec: If she doesn't bring out the Senator's son, then we'll go ahead and feed the fiends a bunch of sleeping pill laced food.
Charlie Team: While Bravo distracts the fiends.
Objective Romeo: Buddy Scout will be disguised as a Fiend and sabotaging the Fiend vehicles. Buddy Scout will leave a vehicle undamaged so that we may arrange for an escape if needed.
Objective Sierra Thor will join Charlie disguised as a fiend if the conditions for Objective Victor are not met. Miles will join Thor as a fiend in entering the encampment. Thor and Miles will either talk or grapple-hook to the top of the tower to retrieve Senator's Son.
Delta Team: Ziggy will be preparing explosives on the side of the city opposite of Charlie Team's planned escape vector.
Epsilon Team: Sniper will take a position along the escape vector to cover a retreat. He will also serve as Rally point Foxtrot where everyone will reconvene to either cripple pursuing Fiends or make a hasty retreat.
Operation Django
We trade Asgardian meat and Burger Meister burger for Senator's Son.


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I was wondering if you could help me! You see, I want to do a candy on my blog to celebrate my 3 yr anniversary on moving to Dubai. Now, I ALWAYS do stamps as my prize and this is where I am having a problem.
Can you tell me if there are any new stamps out in crafting? Previously I have given away Magnolia stamps - are there new ones of these?? Or any others?
If you have a suggestions, if possible, can you leave me a link to them as I don't know what shops to buy these things in because Im not in the UK and I'm not a stamper!
Really really hope that you can help me!
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The first two things I learned upon meeting Rebecca West were she was pregnant with twins, and they were seen holding hands at their last sonogram.
From that moment, I was smitten by them!
Rebecca and her husband, Jason, already had a beautiful little girl and were looking forward to adding two more princesses to their castle.
Tragically, at just 24 weeks, Rebecca had to go in for an emergency c-section. Ellie Grace and Emmie Claire were born on January 14, 2012 weighing 15.2 oz and 1lb 2oz respectively.
Just seven days into their difficult journey, before they were even able to hold her, the West family had to say goodbye to their precious little Ellie Grace due to a severe infection.
Thankfully, the West family is not alone. As part of a larger community of faithful friends and believers, The Wests are covered with prayers. Even my 4 year old recently told me his class at school prays for baby Emmie "every day, Mommy, EVERY day!"
The West family is witnessing miracles every single day and is beaming with hope. I have personally been so touched seeing them, each Sunday, mustering up the strength to come to church and worship through their grief with beautiful smiles on their faces and with more love than you can imagine.
I'm in awe of how this family has resisted the understandable desire to succumb to grief and has chosen instead to be thankful and joyful in the midst of this trial.
All they ask is for as many faith-filled people as possible to stand with them in prayer, believing Psalm 118:17 - Emmie Claire will not die, but LIVE, to proclaim the works of the Lord!
Please take a moment to follow this miraculous family's journey at www.caringbridge.com/visit/ellieandemmiewest
If you would like to become involved, please visit www.marchforbabies.org/djasonwest to find out how you can help.


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On this day 25 years ago, the lovely lady married the man named Brady and one of America's grooviest sitcom families--"The Brady Bunch"--was born.
Dismissed by critics during its initial run on ABC from 1969-74, the modest television show starring Florence Henderson and Robert Reed went on to become a cult phenomenon in reruns, spawning numerous reincarnations of the squeaky-clean Brady clan in television movies, spin-off series and a campy stage production.
So, on this Brady anniversary, it is perhaps fitting to examine the history of one of the San Fernando Valley's most quietly famous landmarks: the split-level suburban home in Studio City immortalized by the half-hour program.
In the spring of 1969, as crews were preparing to shoot the show's first episodes for a fall debut, the call went out for a suitable Brady dwelling.


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Today it is new Release day over at Digital Delights by Louby Lou and I created this wallhanger for it with the cute Skiing Ollie the owl. I also used the gingerbread house and Safi with reindeer on it.
All coloured with spectrum noir markers and enhanced with pencils.
Hope you like my wallhanger ;)
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
zoom in on hidden treasure
This is week 26 so half way through the year - can hardly believe it. I know there will be more treasures shared by you all this week - thank you all for participating.
10 comments:
- Sian said...
Well spotted...just in time for Wimbledon
- June 25, 2014 at 9:50 AM
- Karen said...
We've been eating local strawberries for a week now. It's a short season here, so I'm opting to have strawberry shortcake frequently. Lucky you, to have your own plants!
- June 25, 2014 at 12:59 PM
- ComfyMom~Stacey said...
Oh yum! The birds get all our berries. I need to get the boys over to a u-pick farm.
- June 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM
I can see why you could miss these....very lush greenery!
- June 25, 2014 at 4:16 PM
- Prairie Jill said...
Oh, yes, treasure indeed! Great ZIZO pair.
- June 25, 2014 at 6:11 PM
- Maria Ontiveros said...
I like the hidden aspect of you zoom in pix this week.
- June 25, 2014 at 7:55 PM
- Ruth said...
Such a lovely find!
- June 26, 2014 at 5:31 PM
- Miriam said...
Well spotted indeed! I do have a few in a hanging basket but they look prettier than they taste! I'll have to stick to the supermarket for a while...
- June 26, 2014 at 6:44 PM
- Jimjams said...
Yum ... a few of our raspberries have ripened while we've been away - I'll be grabbing them before the birds spot them!
- June 28, 2014 at 1:29 AM
Hmmm, they look lucious. Just got some at the farmers market yesterday and can't wait to have them with my breakfast.
- July 25, 2014 at 12:07 PM


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RPSB is a 2-4 player abstract strategy game taking only a few minutes to learn and ten minutes to play. The players strategically place their tiles (either Rock, Paper, Scissor or Dynamite) onto the board until only the centre square remains empty. Players then take turns moving tiles of their colour to make towers (which are worth points) at the end of the game. They may move their tile/tower onto any adjacent tile/tower (including diagonally) as long as:
1. The space is not empty
2. The tile/tower moved either wins, or draws in a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors
For example, a red Rock could move onto another Rock (a draw), or onto a Scissors (a win), but not onto Paper (as Rock loses to Paper) or Dynamite. Dynamite is a special piece which beats all other pieces (including other dynamite) and also removes tiles from the game.
A tower is just a stack of two or more tiles. Towers are owned by the player using the topmost tile, and move in the same way as that tile. So using the above example if a Red Rock moved onto Yellow's Scissors it would for a tower, belonging to Red and moving as a Rock.
The taller a tower gets the more points it is worth, if it can survive till the end of the game..
Dynamite beats all other tiles and also destroys the tile/tower it lands on – all pieces are removed (including the dynamite) from the game and an empty space is left.
In a 2 player game, each player uses all 12 of their tiles, with three players they must choose 8 to place and in four players they only get to place 6.
So make your towers tall, keep them safe from your opponent's dynamite and blow your opponents towers into oblivion!
There are also various optional rules to enable balanced play between older and more experienced players and those who are younger or less experienced. A great way for younger players to learn simple strategies and planning without having to worry how different pieces move in different ways.
2-4 Players, age 7+, 10-20 minutes


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Lone Star College-CyFair will hold open auditions April 13 for the summer children's show "Cinderella."
Auditions will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at LSC-CyFair in the Black Box Theatre, 9191 Barker Cypress. Rehearsals will begin May 16.
Director Ron Jones, an LSC-CyFair drama professor, will be casting eight adult actors of any ethnicity. Readings will be held from the script. No appointment is required.
The tale of Cinderella is a classic love story for all time. In this version, it is vividly retold in a rendition full of hilarity and poignancy! Performances will be held at 10 a.m. June 13 through June 17 and at noon June 18.
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(BEDFORD) - Lawrence County leaders announced an innovative new youth development program, the Lawrence County Youth Leadership Academy (YLA). Duke Energy is investing $15,000 to fund the program for the first two years.
The objective of YLA is to seek, prepare, involve and sustain young leaders from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and teach them about the numerous assets and opportunities within the Lawrence County community.
The class is comprised of five full-day sessions from June 23 - June 27. YLA is for males and females currently completing their eighth grade year in school. Class size is limited to 20.
YLA, spearheaded by Bedford Mayor Shawna Girgis, Bedford Chamber of Commerce President Jamie Medlock, Boys and Girls Club Chief Professional Officer Kyle Brown and Duke Energy Government and Community Relations Manager Bruce Calloway, is a creative week-long program designed to build young leaders in the Bedford area.
"We've wanted to do something like this for a long time," said Mayor Shawna Girgis. "Investing time and energy in our youth is the most important thing we can do for the long-term success of our community."
The program is focused around five pillars: education, career development, health and wellness, community service, and government.
"Our goal is to motivate and inspire kids," said Jamie Medlock. "We have an opportunity to actually make a difference in some of these young lives."
YLA is seeking at least one male or female from every middle school in the county.
"The summer before high school is a key development time for teenagers," said Kyle Brown. "This program should help equip participants with the tools they need to be successful in high school and beyond."
"Duke Energy is proud to support a program that invests in young leaders and provides sustainability, enrichment and enhancement for the entire Lawrence County community," said Bruce Calloway.
Students can pick-up applications from guidance counselors at each middle school in Lawrence County. Area residents can also nominate students to participate in this inaugural event. Applications are due by Wednesday, May 28th Applications can be submitted to middle school guidance departments or sent to the Bedford Chamber c/o Jamie Medlock. Email submissions will also be accepted to firstname.lastname@example.com.
For an application, nomination form, or additional information contact Jamie Medlock at email@example.com, or call (812) 275-4493.
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Shared Services and Outsourcing Queensland 2017
Driving Back Office Transformation Through Shared Services, Outsourcing, Process Excellence, Automation and Change Management
Queensland is the state with the third highest number of Shared Services in Australia. Never before have we run a dedicated event for a single state, but this year we are bringing the event to you.
With that in mind, we are running SSON's Inaugural Shared Services and Outsourcing Queensland event. This conference will be intimate and niche – offering the best opportunity to leverage networking with a range of interstate and intrastate delegates and speakers across a variety of industries.
The event has been designed to cater for organisations in all stages of their shared services journey – either at planning, launching or advanced phases. It will focus on transitioning from basic transactional processes to delivering key insights to support C-suite strategy.
Case Studies From Leading Organisations Including
Optus' decision on a fit for purpose operating structure to increase operational agility, reduce costs and increase effectiveness
Newscorp's journey in empowering their people through up skilling and change management
ACT Government's revamping of organizational end to end processes to improve customer centricity and efficiency
Telstra's utilization of a blend of outsourcing and captive models to cater to a global market