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The Blade & Soul online official release was presented at 2012 since that time the Blade and Soul keeps high rating positions in the playing world. From the first sight it's a just one from the old-time MMORPG-family online variations. But the Korean idea in this field won a really great success at the conservative West. The Blade and Soul servers locate now both at USA and Europe even if it was started from the Blade and Soul NA. Then with the increasing of the player number European accounts were moved to the Blade and Soul Europe servers. There has done a strict IP-politic for not overloading the sessions since Blade and Soul EU release date because of the troubled experience of previous hardware. It's clear that the good graphics need the good resources therefore the service would be not perfect if a server is overloaded. So the players from the non–proven areas had to think out the unbelievable combinations to get access there.
What is the reason of such popularity? Just open any preview, the gamers get in the wonderful anime world with the beautiful alluring fighters and other not so attractive but wise characters. Add the perfect and interesting background graphic, unusual music and the convincing sound effects. And you can be sure - this exotic world wouldn't allow you to go for free, no matter you play Blade and Soul EU or Blade and Soul US.
What is inside the BladeAndSoul?
The game process is a pretty linear one but it's so non-banal that you would never be bored. Of course it's mostly a desert of the anime style and the untypical characters. The players take deals with the gods and the demons and the subject line based on the revenge so the participant doesn't have a lot of directions in the playing world. No other way, just to pass it through step by step. In spite of this as mentioned before non-banal line wouldn't give any reason for a boring. So let's glance to the main features of the NCSoft Blade and Soul product:
- The female fighters. Oh, they are incredible, thanks to the artist of the project;
- The producers refused from the traditional amours, in place of it the characters use the accessories, adornment and the annals. The clothes don't have so big value for the skills;
- The multifaceted personage editor, you can create a very individual and realistic personage. Other graphic effects are high-quality as well;
- The guilds are not so important here;
- The gamer can join to the faction only after the reaching of the appointed level;
- To be successful here the personage has to develop not only own class skills but other race's ones as well. It's really very important for the Blade and Soul power leveling process.
Another interesting fact about the game: it was included to the cyber-sport lists because of the Arena. This fighting module gives the breathtaking show and the action so it wasn't ignored by the public opinion. By the way the Arena battles are extremely useful for the Blade and Soul powerlevel too.
Not Just Fighting But Image Importance
The game gave a birth to the strong parallel movement about the Blade Soul clothing. There are separate websites about this subject that can make a real competition with the Blade and Soul official site. You can find the thousands of the variants of the character images there and take some inspiration.
Is It The Blade and Soul Free To Play?
Yes, the Blade and Soul f2p conception is true and the player doesn't need any extra investments, only if he or she desires it by themselves. Anyway you can see same time a lot of the Blade and Soul sell offers, it's explainable issue because some people don't have enough patience to develop their personage until wanted level so they request Blade and Soul power leveling service even if it's not so legal due to the game rules. So it's normal to find such things are available too. If someone would like to buy Blade and Soul gold it's provided with a plenty of the internet resources as well.


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|A windfarm: LWTP proposes to build a similar project
This is the third project in Kenya the World Bank has sabotaged in the last six years citing feeble excuses. In 2010 its private sector lending arm- IFC pulled of Southern by pass in Nairobi at the last minute citing the "credibility of some of the contractors." In 2006 IFC also pulled out of the concessioning of Kenya and Uganda Railways at the last-minute, also citing "unfulfilled conditions" by Sheltham Railways. The concession is still fighting for its life, six years on.
The World Bank is also said to be raising irrelevant issues on the Kenya- Ethiopia Power connection deal-that could derail it.
In the case of Lake Turkana wind power project, The World Bank is says that the wind farm is too big for the national power grid and huge amounts of electricity could go to waste. This, argue the mandarins at the Bank, would deny LTWP revenues and hurting its ability to repay the loans.
|Bujagali Hydropower: Was a victim of World Bank's
feeble Analysis
It is noteworthy that the bank was using the similar arguments against Bujagali Hydro power in Uganda, and is using similar arguments to stall Karuma power plant, also in Uganda. In the case of Bujagali, the the bank and its cohorts were proved wrong. The plant produces 250MW which has doubled electricity supply in Uganda, but sources indicate demand will exceed supply in the next two years.
The Bank wants to the capacity of Karuma dam reduced from 600-750MW to 400 -450 MW arguing that 700MW is excess capacity that cannot be sustained. Sound familiar?
In both cases, Uganda has demonstrated boldness and leadership in pursuing projects that are critical to national well being. Bujagali was built despite objections. Karuma dam also appears headed in the same direction.
In Kenya, the southern by-pass in Nairobi, which was meant to be toll-road when IFC pulled out, has now been funded by China and construction is on-going. It is a public road but going by Kenya's paradigm shift, we shall not be surprised if it becomes a toll-road on completion.
In the case of LWTP, the government turned to the World Bank to offer sovereign guarantees after the financiers ' reluctance to fund the project on the strength of its PPA with Kenya Power and Lighting company, the power distributor in Kenya. The Kenya government was reluctant to offer the sovereign guarantee for a private sector funded project.
However, it seems, it will have to offer such guarantee. It has already been endorsed ans a flagship project by the Vision 2030 delivery secretariat. Vision 2030 is the long term development blue print for Kenya.
All is not lost however for the lead financial arranger; AfDB has re-affirmed its commitment to finance the project. "The African Bank is now looking at ways of getting other guarantors to ensure the project does not delay further," local media reported.
The €582 million Lake Turkana wind project in Northern Kenya will produce some 300MW of wind generated electricity, also another first in Africa. That will be close to 40 per cent of the electricity currently generated in Kenya. LWTP has a 21 year PPA with KPLC to sale electricity to it at less than 10 US cents per unit, the cheapest in the country.
Lake Turkana wind farm will be located on a 40,000-acre farm in Loyangalani in Marsabit County. It will comprise of 365 turbines each with a capacity of - 850Kwh; the associated overhead electric grid collection system and a high voltage substation.
Already a contract for the construction of 300KM of road in the project area has been awarded.

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The state canal system will be featured at a London travel industry exposition next month.
Dubbed World Travel Market, the exposition is expected to draw more than 30,000 travel packagers, journalists and global travel industry officials.
The canal system will exhibit in New York's Division of Tourism pavilion. It's the first time in over a decade that the canal system has exhibited there. The $12,000 cost is being shared by the New York State Canal Corp. and the newly formed Canal New York Marketing and Business Alliance Inc., a private business association.
Carmella Mantello, the Canal Corp.'s director, said canal tourism is a popular way to holiday in Europe. She hopes to make vacationers there aware of New York's 524 miles of canals, the Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca.


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Each week we invite a designer to illustrate his or her favorite quotes by famous creatives. This week Stockholm design student Erik Kirtley took a break from his studies to send us these pick-me-ups:
- "We can talk about making a difference, we can make a difference, or we can do both."—Debbie Millman
- "Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain whether you're inspired or not."—Octavia E. Butler
- "Take it from a Modernist. Take it from a poet. Use all the fonts. Use all the tools."—Sam Potts
- "Typography needs to be audible. Typography needs to be felt. Typography needs to be experiences." —Helmut Schmid
- "Don't try to create and analyze at the same time, they're different processes."—Corita Kent


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recover data from DVD-RW - accidently quick erased disc, help plZ!!!
Hi, Is there a software to recover data from a DVD-RW which has been quick formatted / quick erased?
Please help, DVD-RW had my brothers holiday pics/family pics, need to recover by the end of the week before he finds out.
Thanks in advance.
Note: I installed isobuster, but it shows a blank DVD-RW has been inserted. when i right click i cant click on anything, except for properties which is highlighted. Any help or suggestions on how to recover the data would be appreciated. TY
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Read this blog. Recover data from a quick-erased CDRW/DVDRW disc. From what I have understood, the procedure involves making the disk readable by trying to write a file to the disc but aborting it after the leadin is written. Once it is readable, you can then use ISObuster to recover the data in the rest of the disk..
Well, it appears to be a little tricky procedure and before trying to get on to it with the actual disk, do some mock recoveries (burn some useless but identifiable data to a new disk, quick erase and try to recover) and hone your skills.
Whatever, do it at your own risk. I am just pointing to a possible solution that I have read. Good luck.
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Astrazeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2015 FC 322
Drug: LOSEC® omeprazole
AstraZeneca sued Apotex for infringement of its patent relating to the formulation of the drug omeprazole. Apotex argued invalidity and non-infringement. The Court found several claims valid and infringed.
The patent described that omeprazole needed to be protected from the acid in the stomach, but an enteric coating would degrade the omeprazole. The invention included an inert subcoating that was applied between the omeprazole and the enteric coating.
The construction of claim 1 was a key issue. AstraZeneca argued that as long as all the elements were present and formed a viable formulation, it does not matter how the inert subcoating is formed. So, AstraZeneca said that a subcoating that forms in situ from a reaction between the core and the enteric coating is a matter of process that does not circumscribe or limit the claim to the product. Apotex disagreed.
The Court found that although an in situ subcoating may not have been in the minds of the inventors, all they had to do was disclose one viable method of manufacture and not limit their claim drafting to a single embodiment. The Court further stated that a patentee is not obligated to teach its competitors how to avoid infringing.
As for infringement, Apotex criticized AstraZeneca's testing, but did not perform any testing of its own. The criticism was not found to sway the Court. Also, while the testing was performedex parte, the work was found to be appropriately recorded and the results were subject to review and criticism. Furthermore, where the work could be easily reproduced, the Court rejected any suggestion the results he obtained were anything other than he has reported.
Some additional issues were discussed, including: whether AstraZeneca had standing to bring the claim (it did); whether foreign issue estoppel should be applied (it was not); whether Apotex had deceived AstraZeneca in the NOC application where it put forward a formulation that was not ultimately used (no deception found); the applicable statute of limitations (the Federal 6 years was allowed over Ontario's 2 years); and the allowance for AstraZeneca to claim an accounting of profits.
This decision only related to liability, as the proceeding was bifurcated. The issue of costs and the accounting of profits remains to be decided.


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NARS - Cosmetics, which is very popular in the United States.It is a professional decorative tools are of high quality, hypoallergenic and security.
Creator NARS - who is he?
founder of the company is Francois Nars, a Frenchman by birth.He was born in 1959 in a fairly wealthy family.His father owned a meat processing plant.Since my parents were driven Francois extra money, his mother could afford the expensive perfumes and cosmetics, and clothing to buy only from well-known fashion designers, such as Yves Saint Laurent.Later Francois Nars interview will tell you that it is fashionable outfits mother instilled in him a sense of beauty and left the first vivid aesthetic experiences.
Nars received professional education at the Paris School of Carita, and in the seventies of the last century, was a famous makeup artist.In 1984, Francois left France and went to conquer New York.
There he was immediately hired by the magazine Vogue, where in the same year he began to pick up makeup for the models gra
In 90 years, Francois Nars - a full-fledged participant of fashion weeks, and in 2010 it launched its own video channel, which gives the make-up lessons.
Brand Story
idea of creating his own company Francois Nars came to mind at the very beginning of his career.He recalls that working make-up artist at the shows, always had a shortage of suitable colors and textures in the professional cosmetics.In 1994, he decided to present to the world its own collection of lipsticks.
They became instantly popular, thanks to the color saturation and excellent quality.Encouraged by success, Francois started working on the following lines of products.Today NARS - Cosmetics are more than 400 species.Makeup artist draws inspiration, spending days on a secluded private island Motu Tane, acquired them in 2000.It is one of 118 tiny plots of land belonging to the French Polynesia.It is located in the South Pacific and is striking in its pristine beauty.
Products NARS
Francois Nars believes that every woman should have a choice.It is thanks to a huge color palette, NARS - Cosmetics having a huge success both with professional makeup artists, and ordinary women around the world.Among the many lip gloss, lipstick, eye shadow, blush and tonal foundations of any woman found the perfect shade.Francois Nars said that before the fashion was only one style, and everyone wanted to meet him.Now everything is different - in the fashion world all the styles and trends were mixed, and there are no strict rules regarding the choice of lipstick or eyeliner.The motto "NARS" is the following phrase: "We do not dictate.We simply offer opportunities. "
At present the company produces a variety of NARS makeup category.All of them are my fans.In addition, the recently launched line of products for skin care NARSskin.As the reviews, they quickly caught the fancy of many women to their natural composition, high technology and ease of application.The unique properties of these serums and creams are achieved through the anti-aging effect.Also, they have also reflective characteristics.As you know, the ability to reflect light cream is widely used by professional make-up artists.Because the pearlescent particles are distributed over the skin and delicately illuminated, the face is fresh, young and radiant.
Collections NARS
main linear cosmetics, which is produced constantly, is Iconic.The collection includes the most popular products, as well as tools that created a furor among makeup artists.
There are also seasonal collections.There are four:
- Fall - autumn collection, which comes out in August.
- Holiday - Christmas collection comes on sale in November.
- Spring - spring line, on sale since January.
- Summer - Summer cosmetics, goes on sale in the spring.
The latest limited edition collection, which was outstanding, can be called the line of funds dedicated to French photographer 70s of the 20th century Guy Bourdenay.In this line of makeup-tools includes the most vivid and rich colors that are perfect for guest buyers, for bold and extravagant women.
Cosmetics NARS: reviews
If we talk about fan of this brand of cosmetics, the many stars of show business prefer to "NARS".Cosmetics, which is created under the strict control of production, can not satisfy the most demanding customers.For example, a popular singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has long been the means "NARS" and her favorite cosmetic product of this brand are peach-colored blush.
Actress Jennifer Aniston also repeatedly confessed love this brand.She argues that owes much to the "NARS" its fresh, natural look.Her favorite means - universal pink stick and pencils for lip contour.
also use cosmetics of the company Mila Kunis, Ashley Greene, Emmy Rossum, Emily Blunt, Kate Beckinsale and Christina Ricci.
Where can I buy cosmetics NARS?
Earlier lucky to have had the opportunity to travel around the United States and Europe, brought decorative kostmetiku there.Until recently, it was very difficult to find stores that offer products at NARS (cosmetics).Where to buy lipstick, mascara, eye shadow and more, created this company?
To the delight of fashionistas, in 2013 the brand "NARS" declared itself on the Russian market.Pretty well represented in the NARS cosmetics "Letual."The network of these stores is very large, and you can find a branch in almost every regional center.In view of the constantly passing shares and sales, as well as the presence of loyalty card, it is easy to acquire this professional cosmetics at affordable prices.
lot of fans in different countries have purchased NARS (cosmetics).Ukraine, unfortunately, is not among the countries where the brand has its offices.But if you really want to buy any of the products, "NARS", the online stores offer a wide range of cosmetics.Most of them work on a prepaid basis, and international delivery does not take much time.Typically, problems with the acquisition of cosmetics online does not arise.


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Minnesota Marine is the 2,000th American Killed in Afghanistan
A US Marine from Andover, Minnesota was killed Wednesday in Helmand Province after his unit discovered an improvised explosive device while on patrol. He was the 2,000th American to die in Afghanistan, and the second from Minnesota this year.
Cpl. Taylor J. Baune, a 2009 graduate of Andover High School, was married to his high school sweetheart just three months ago.
The 21 year old Marine was stationed at Twentynine Palms in California was on his first deployment supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.


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From Harding University
Harding men's golf shaved five strokes off its first round score with a 305 in the second round of the Northeastern State University Golf Classic on Tuesday.
Harding finished eighth of 18 teams with a two-round score of 617. Southwestern Oklahoma State won the tournament at 589, erasing a one-stroke deficit after round one and defeating second-place Washburn by five strokes.
Harding's top finisher was junior Lucas Collins, who placed eighth with a 3-over 147. It was Collins' highest career placement and his third career top-10 finish. His previous best finish was ninth at the 2012 Natural State Golf Classic. His score of 147 was one stroke off his career best.
Junior Jordan Perry was next for the Bisons. Perry shot 11-over 155 and tied for 38th. Freshman Dillon Board shot 79 in round two and finished tied for 44th at 157. Fellow Freshman Todd Tyler Williams shot a team-best 75 in round two and placed 63rd with a 16-over 160. Williams had a team-high 23 pars over the 36-hole tournament.
Other Harding golfers were sophomore Brandon Clark (t-71st, 162), freshman Alex Williamson (75th, 163), and sophomore Nathan Kannenberg (t-79th, 165). Clark and Kannenberg played as individuals.
Harding's next outing is in Destin, Fla., on Oct. 8-9 at the Indian Bayou Classic hosted by the University of North Alabama.


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Today's idea is based on an idea I had about three years ago – about making it easier to convert your vinyl collection to digital files, so that you can listen to them on an mp3 player.
Flatbed vinyl scanner
The idea is very simple. Rather than play the record on a turntable and convert the audio to an mp3 file, you would simply place the record on a flatbed scanner, take an ultra-high resolution image of each side of the disc, and then a piece of software would analyse the grooves from the visual data, and reconstruct it as an audio file.
Given the technology, it's easy to imagine that the software could be smart enough to distinguish between a groove and a scratch or a bit of dirt (ie: distinguish signal from noise), and make sufficiently intelligent decisions to restore the waveform accordingly.
In fact, there's no reason you couldn't pretty much have completely noiseless vinyl rips, with tracks separated where there's silence between songs, and the software able to recognise and add metadata to the tracks based on its reading of the catalogue number engraved on the record by the playout groove.
There are reasons you can't already do this:
First, scanners are the wrong size. They're designed for documents.
Second, the image resolution and the lighting would have to be particularly good to get sufficient detail for the software to be able to interpret the shape of the engraved waveforms in the disc's surface.
Third, the recording industry would probably find something to get cross about.
You can already do this
I mentioned this once at an academic conference, and there were some American researchers who had built something similar, but it was the size of a house, and could process about a record a week.
But theirs was to do with what they called 'audio archeology' – looking for clues about the past embedded in old recordings, and using electron microscopes to give data analysis of particular moments within recordings.
In fact, they didn't seem particularly interested in listening to the music for pleasure at all.
Record-scanning for the masses
My idea is somewhere more sensible between that massive extreme – and not being able to do it at all. I genuinely believe that it's already technologically possible to have a consumer device that can handle the high-resolution imaging that could scan records.
It might not immediately be a cheap consumer device, but for someone with a fair few records, it could be well worthwhile.
The writing of the software would be a comparatively trivial task (though I wouldn't be able to do it).
Of course, the first thing you'd need is for the scanner to be able to take a 12″ record. The upside is that such a scanner would also be able to handle most documents as well.
Why this would be important, rather than just cool
To this day, the vast majority of records ever released have never been issued on CD. Many of them already no longer exist as playable master tapes, as magnetic tape decays over time.
But to be able to take a record and extract the sound off it without dragging a needle through the grooves, bouncing it off the bits of dirt and subjecting it to wow and flutter, you could actually analyse and restore a piece of thrift store vinyl to its studio quality – or very nearly.
And of course, you're not restricted to albums here. 78rpm shellac discs, 7″ singles and even old flexidiscs that came with the NME or Mad Magazine would be fair game.
You make one of those bad boys, and I'll buy one.
Table of contents for 30 Days of Ideas
- The other way of following first
- Now we're up and dancing
- 30 days of ideas – 01: Keymash
- 30 days of ideas – 02: Radio Alerts
- 30 days of ideas – 03: Only Famous (a romantic comedy)
- 30 days of ideas – 04: Modcasts
- 30 days of ideas – 05: Numberless Calendar
- 30 days of ideas – 06: SpringCleanr
- 30 days of ideas – 07: Street Gallery
- 30 days of ideas – 08: Smart Business Cards
- 30 days of ideas – 09: Recordings in Concert
- 30 days of ideas – 10: Vinyl scanner
- 30 days of ideas – 11: Photo Stack-and-Scan
- 30 days of ideas – 12: A Box of Cool
- 30 days of ideas – 13: Karaoke-Tube Celebstar Idol
- 30 days of ideas – 14: I Made You A Tape
- 30 days of ideas – 15: Newspaper download codes
- 30 days of ideas – 16: Pebble Splash
- 30 days of ideas – 17: Digital radio, somewhere useful
- 30 days of ideas – 18: Public domain music collection
- 30 days of ideas – 19: Blog cast-list automator
- 30 days of ideas – 20: The Retirement Pile
- 30 days of ideas – 21: Nationalise EMI
- 30 days of ideas – 22: The Stainless Steel Rat (the movie)
- 30 days of ideas – 23: WordPress Bandcampify template
- 30 days of ideas – 24: Rollercoasters as public transport
- 30 days of ideas – 25: Next-gen personalised music radio
- 30 days of ideas – 26: New Music Trust
- 30 days of ideas – 27: Tamagotchi Gardening
- 30 days of ideas – 28: Charity shop clothing subscription
- 30 days of ideas – 29: 'Now Playing' social music app
- 30 days of ideas – 30: House of Spare Ideas
- Mixtape for You by Ray Kuyvenhoven
- What can you do in 30 days?


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The 2017 Ford Atlas model is at long last going to show up on the huge stage. The model which begun off as an idea is coming closer and nearer to its generation level and might be discharged entirely soon. This auto was utilized officially ordinarily as after the idea was discharged in 2013 at the Detroit Auto Show, numerous future Ford models have utilized the outline or the parts that accompanied this appealing new model. Well at long last, it will accompany something of its own.
A standout amongst the most earth shattering models that Ford has figured out how to come up lately is the Ford F-150 truck. This is a progressive model which figured out how to get something which is practically incomprehensible for trucks of this size and that is quality and lightweight in the meantime. The F-150 demonstrated that a truck like this can have power and well as having the capacity to create good mileage rates. Be that as it may, everything owes to the Atlas idea which started things out.
The idea Atlas model was the principle explanation behind the innovation to create. As the F-150 utilized the casing which the Atlas accompanied it sort of a got all the grandness for itself. However, now the 2017 Ford Atlas is preparing to venture on the middle stage and utilize the innovation that it should have from the begin. The most current model will be presently in light of the present F-150 and we have involved an audit so you take in more about the discharge date too.
2017 Ford Atlas Outside
Fundamentally, the 2017 Ford Atlas will be essentially in light of the present Ford F-150 auto. Truth be told what the F-150 took from the Atlas idea before the Atlas is getting over from the F-150 at this point. We will see a similar sort of weight-lessening innovation which we have seen for the F-150 model and the auto will have the fundamental idea it had before all else when it begun as an insignificant thought and an idea auto. Obviously the plan components will be somewhat extraordinary and the model will look more like an Atlas than a F-150.
The most changes were made to the front some portion of the care and the whole front belt. In particular, the model will accompany some twofold deck front lights which the officially solid looking front belt will be redesigned with a rectangular grille put to the front of the auto. The really makes the auto unimaginably wind safe which was not the situation as some time recently. The rooftop will be made of glass and there will be some electric outlets withered in the trailer. The model is a five entryway truck as you would anticipate that it will be and there are numerous capacity places where one can hand its gear or whatever you may require.
2017 Ford Atlas Inside
The inside of the 2017 Ford Atlas is really cite invigorating and one can see that they have made some amazing progress contrasted with what the idea show resembled. The environment appears to be vastly improved and you will feel comfortable inside too and it is basically because of an invigorating shading blend of dark and dim shades consolidated. The driver seat is maybe the most agreeable piece of the auto and it comes wrapped in delicate regular cowhide which improves it a ton. The textual style some portion of the lodge has a touchscreen which can be utilized for infotainment while the general population driving in the back have one set in the back of the headrest of the front seats. This is the thing that will keep the general population driving in the back engaged.
The model is additionally going to focus on the wellbeing highlights a ton and will incorporate a bundle of option with the exception of the standard ones. The 2017 Ford Atlas hence accompanies a versatile voyage control, a path keeping framework and a blind side screens. Very will be some more included contraptions too, yet regardless they have not discharged the whole program of elements that the auto will accompany. So with the discharge date getting nearer we can hope to get quite a lot more of them. In any case, what we do know is that the 2017 Ford Atlas will be the principal model to include the New Noise sound framework.
2017 Ford Atlas Engine
You have presumably expected the 2017 Ford Atlas to convey huge power. Well you are for the most part right about that one. The auto will be ready to create well 360 strength and 380 pound-feet of torque with the assistance of the 5.0-liter V8 engine. It will consolidate the powertrain with a 6-speed programmed gearbox which will represent better moving capacity and mobility. The quickening specs are likewise entirely noteworthy as it enables the auto to achieve a speed from 0-60 mph in 8.1 seconds. We may get another engine alternative until the discharge date comes, yet for the present this is the one that we will have the capacity to utilize.
2017 Ford Atlas Release Date and Price
There is still some time till the discharge date of the 2017 Ford Atlas, which likewise abandons some additional elements to be incorporated and a few changes to be made. Individuals trust that there will be an assortment of powertrains offered while some normal an extended mechanical refresh. Whatever the fundamental outcome may be, authoritatively we will see it around the later piece of 2017 when the auto hits the market. With respect to the cost, the same number of things are as yet not recognizable but rather are in reality nearer enough, we can anticipate that the 2017 Atlas will cost around 51,000 USD.
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Discussion in 'iPad General Discussions' started by Ingliside, Apr 18, 2011.
Can you do this ?
Do you mean select for copy/paste?
Hold your finger on a word. When you remove your finger a box appears and pick SELECT. Your word will highlight. Drag the little dots to cover everything you want.
Then pick what you wanna do with the text.
Inverness - you're just along the road from me.
I'm not sure whether you meant what the other poster suggested - i.e. highlighting in preparation for a cut-and-paste operation - or whether you meant highlighting as in 'drawing over it with a highlighting pen'. There's no easy way to do this directly. Of course you can change the colour, font, text size, style etc but if you really want to highlight then the only way to do this is UGLY.
OK - make sure you're sitting down before you read Tim's ugly way of highlighting text in Pages...it's bad...
OK - highlighting in Microsoft Word is not a problem and, guess what, Pages can display a document correctly if you import it and it has highlighted text. Now you can see what's about to come, can't you. I said it was ugly. I keep a 'prototype' document in the My Documents area of Pages that has all sorts of stuff in - superscript and subscript, footnotes, symbol font and some highlighted text. When I want one of these effects in a Pages document I copy and paste it from the prototype document into the document I'm working on. I can backspace through the highlighted text until all the unwanted words are deleted and then start typing and the text all comes out highlighted. In fact, you need to paste the prototype highlighted text into the middle of some non-highlighted text in the document that you're working on otherwise you can't get out of highlighted mode. Same for superscripts, subscripts etc. Ugly workaround but it *does* work.
It's better than my workaround, which was to put your text inside a shape and try to get the text to flow around it properly.
Don't bother to try it, it doesn't work.
Too bad you can't place shapes in front of or behind the text layer. With opacity you could highlight entire sections, not to mention all kinds of other cool effects. You can do this in the OS X version, of course.
Thanks everyone for your suggestions, unfortunately not suitable for highlighting an existing document
Hi Guys...am having the same problem. Haven't figured out how to do this in pages but Office2HD can do it easily. One would think Apple's own product will have have an edge over the rest. But seems it's following others in practicality....


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Dune is my favorite book. By "favorite" I mean it would be the one book I would take with me to a deserted island. I have read the original series (first 6 books) over and over again, and I keep returning to it.
When Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's son, first started publishing the House and Legends trilogy, I was generally happy about the concept. After all, what could be bad about reading more of your favorite fantasy world? The books that Bryan wrote weren't as good, but they served as some sort of history archives, setting up the background and the events that led to the Dune story.
Six books of Pre-Dune weren't enough for Brian. Obviously, the trick seemed to be working - write anything that says "Dune" on it, and people will buy it. Yeah, I bought all 6 books of the two trilogies by Brian Herbert. And it was starting to feel weird.
Then came Hunters of Dune. And it wasn't good. At all. Hunters of Dune was supposed to let us know what happened after the somewhat-cryptic ending of Frank Herbert's final Dune book, Chapterhouse: Dune. It is a badly written book, that utterly ruins the spirit and beauty of the original Dune. Frank Herbert was a gifted writer and a man of amazing imagination. His son falls seriously far from that tree, and another writer in the form of Kevin Anderson doesn't really help.
What Frank Herbert could convey in one paragraph, now took a whole page. Perhaps they needed to fill the pages. Maybe the publisher thought it would be a good idea. People love FAT books, and you can charge more for them, can't you?
I didn't even touch Sandworms of Dune. Frankly (no pun intended), I'm too scared. I don't want to read Brian's version of the future of Dune. I know it won't be good. I love Dune too much, and I don't want any more horrible books by the no-good son to spoil it for me.
It could have ended here. But nooooooooooooooooo. Brian apparently needs more money or something of the sort. He is bored, perhaps. His friend, Kevin, probably also feels the need to milk this cash-cow some more. The pair are planning YET ANOTHER SERIES of books, this time more Pre-Dune.
The first volume in the series, Jessica of Dune, is scheduled for an autumn 2009 release in trade paperback. The other books in the series are Irulan of Dune and Leto of Dune for releases in 2011 and 2013 respectively.
And I say - Brian, Leave Dune Alone! In the name of Shai-Hulud! Leave us with the glorious, wonderful world that your father has created, and stop sucking the marrow out of this poor cash-cow that you have found.
Fat chance, though. I hope the upcoming Dune movie will bring us some happiness. In the mean time, we can watch Brian and Kev ruin yet another piece of the Dune universe.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Brian, Leave Dune Alone!
Posted by Revital Salomon at 10:16 AM
Labels: books, brian herbert, brian leave dune alone, dune, frank herbert, kevin anderson, sci-fi
22 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Yup, the Terrible Two of Herbert Jr. & Anderson pretty much soiled the whole Dune experience for me. I think the only worse scifi experience I've had was suffering through the Star Wars prequels...
- July 31, 2008 at 11:09 AM
- SandChigger said...
Just a few clarifications, for the record. ;)
Paul of Dune is the first of four "Heroes of Dune" books and it comes out next month, on September 16.
A lot of us (Orthodox Herbertarians. Join our Jihad!)suspect that it is really Kevin doing most of the writing. We also believe that there was no "Dune 7" outline or it was too short and incomplete and contained little of what they gave us in Hunters and Sandworms. And those boxes and boxes of notes and materials they found in Brian's garage attic were probably mostly grocery lists and recipes, etc.
The HLP (Herbert Limited Partnership) apparently has no shame and little integrity and from what we can gather exercise no editorial control whatsoever over what Kevin and Brian write and publish under the Dune brandname. The only Frank they seem to care about now is the "-lin" one on the $100 bill.
(One final point: melange turns the whites of your eyes blue, not the iris. :D )
- August 15, 2008 at 6:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
I definitely think it's Anderson doing the writing. And not just most of it - I'd say all of it, or so close as to make no difference. There is no difference in the writing style between these new 'Dune' books and Anderson's shitty Seven Suns books. Which, because I'm sick that way, I read the first three of. :D
- August 18, 2008 at 1:13 AM
- SandChigger said...
(I've read some of Brian's Timeweb, the first book in a series he is (supposedly) writing on his own, and it is horrible, much worse than the Dune books. FWIW.)
- August 18, 2008 at 5:17 AM
- Revital Salomon said...
Well, guys, I don't CARE if Santa Claus himself writes the f$%$^ books. They suck and this must be stopped!
I started re-reading the entire, ORIGINAL, Dune series. And it's so wonderful...
- August 19, 2008 at 10:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
I totally agree. The "Legends" trilogy I thought was OK, since it takes place so long in the past. But "Hunters of Dune" and "Sandworms of Dune" were garbage. Utter garbage. And now they're doing to write a four-book series beginning with "Paul of Dune."
- August 20, 2008 at 2:28 AM
- SandChigger said...
Aw, Rivital, tell us how you REALLY feel. :D
The first of the new books I read was The Butlerian Jihad. I'd passed on the "Houses" because they just didn't sound interesting. But something about the Jihad, THE formative event in Duniverse history, now that would be interesting.
I couldn't believe the cover contained both "Dune" and "Herbert" on it, it was that bad.
The "Legends" may take place in the distant past—from the point of view of Dune—but they're also set 11,000-plus years in our future. Vroom-vroom FTL spaceships, Transformer-Terminator robots, and Jans-in-the-Pans evil humans-gone-bad? The Hacks Twain have NO imagination whatsoever.
(Did enjoy the piranha mites eating that guy's nads, though!)
- August 21, 2008 at 3:24 AM
- Lord Nemo said...
Yeah but Chig, seriously, even the pirhana mites are old hat (..i loved it too ;)) Luckily, i managed to get all the prequels second-hand, so no money to the HLP. Couldn't even read most of House Harkonnen as about 150 pages were missing and replaced with the previous 150 pages.
I will not, under any circumstance, make the same mistake of buying and reading anymore tripe from the Hacks Twain again. Will not even stretch to the 75p they will charge for it second-hand, not after the traumatising experience of reading the PoD extract. I need therapy.... :s
- August 22, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Revital Salomon said...
Lord Nemo, I also swore an oath not to spend another dime on these horrific, lame, so-called tales of Dune. I think Brian Herbret and Kevin Anderson are lame writers with no talent, no depth and no respect to the genius who actually wrote Dune.
I actually don't remember much of any of the books they wrote - yet another sign of the shallowness of their writing. They have damp hands!
- August 22, 2008 at 2:04 PM
- Ampoliros said...
2 things; first Rivital, your a beautiful woman with beautiful mind, and second, KJA...represents all that is wrong with capitalism and the free market. As much as it works, it allows crap like this to be inflicted upon great literature. Too me, Dune is the second greatest spiritual experience I've ever had and its all about the human spirit and what it can do (great and terrible). The new 'books' IMHO seek to destroy that spirit through their base mediocrity. So yes, Please! Brian, for the love of all that is Holy as well as "sacred Human presence" that your father wrote of, LEAVE DUNE THE F ALONE.
- September 6, 2008 at 10:33 PM
- Morgaine said...
i totally agree
good thing i stopped buying right after the House trilogy and throw them out already
but Yes, Brian, enough is enough!
- September 16, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- Cairon said...
I think I love you...
- September 18, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Hand of Leto said...
İt may seem strange but i am deeply devoted to Dune. What brian and kja are doing is nothing short of Harkonnen greed. İ feel we've been given a glimps of what is in store for mankind in the Dune Chronicles. it's a shame that these two see nothing more than money in it. its clear the son is not an extention of the father in this case.
- October 5, 2008 at 9:14 PM
- MirrorIX said...
Well I went out and bought the autographed hard back copy of "Paul Of Dune" hoping that perhaps this particular book, given the title, might be a little closer to what is found in "Dune Messiah."
I was mistaken. After reading all the prequels and purchasing the audio version of "Hunters Of Dune", I told myself I wouldn't bother buying any more. I additionally had bought "Maker Of Dune" when it was first published. I think I should have stuck to my resolve. After reading so many books from these two, I bought 4 of the Seven Suns books and some of Anderson's lesser known titles as well as some of Brian's earlier works "Sudana, Sudana", "Race for God." I'm beginning to form a theory about Brian's participation in all this. I think he hated and to some extent still harbors ill feelings toward his parents. That's why he has persisted in doing this. It's why he hasn't taken better care of his fathers work and he's allowing yet another director to try to film another "Dune" picture in a 2.5 hour format. I think he also is showing contempt for all his fathers fans in this latest book because he and Kevin have lifted the essential parts of the showdown at the Battle of Arakeen at the end of "Dune" and inserted, reworked into this latest novel as back story of Paul's youth. By doing so I think he hopes to make a point that if it's panned that readers will:
1. revile his fathers own plot indirectly making them look foolish.
2. Cause people to re-evaluate their opinions of his father and mother's original work.
I admit it's speculative but I wouldn't say motiveless because of the neglect, and abuse he mentions happening to him and his siblings, in "Maker."
While the story isn't what I thought it would be, it isn't all bad. Some of the little prefaces his father is known for putting above each chapter, seem more in tune with his fathers' writing in this new book. The time that Paul and Duncan spend together is welcome if perhaps not what Frank would have written.
If anything Dune, is a must have for you, I would recommend waiting to buy this second hand. If you like many who have given up, buy Stanislaw Lem's book "Fiasco" instead, it's an appropriate word for the work in "POD."
- October 16, 2008 at 12:46 AM
- Revital Salomon said...
Well, MirrorIX, I am fighting myself pretty hard, trying to avoid buying another Brian Herbert piece of crap. So far - I am winning. I am re-reading the original Dune series now (I am in the middle of Children of Dune) - and it helps quench the Dune thirst. I don't think I'll buy any more Brian books. I might read it if someone handed it to me - but I doubt even that.
- October 20, 2008 at 1:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well, I am sure there was a Dune 7 outline and notes. I know an editor who saw them.
However, if the two followed the outline closely is a whole other story. I'd love to see the original outline published but I doubt it will ever be published because the two don't want the world to know how much they screwed with the master's works and intentions.
By the way, Frank Herbert Ltd, ie Brian Herbert, required anyone who saw the outline to sign a NDA. That's classy.
- October 22, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- Carlos Santillan said...
We all had a laugh when Byron, in the Dune Novels forum, lazily cut and pasted the change of title to the following novels and he announced: Title change: Jessica to the Winds of Dune and Irulan to The Throne of Dune. :) Jacurutu!!
- March 20, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Martijn said...
You are absolutely right... A terrible ending!! It was almost as if I was reading an other version of the matrix! "Neo"/"Duncan Idaho" merges with the machines and has to find a balance between machines and humans.
It seems to me, that one book would be sufficient, but two is better then one... (from a publishers point of view)
- July 15, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
Y'all niggers drinking dat haterade.
- October 1, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Brah, teh Jakes on US. Even though they suck, they always reach the best seller list.
I bought the prequels, and i bought that butholeran jihad book/ teenagers diary. That was about the time i slammed the 5 pound hardcover book on my table and said Enough, is ENOUGH! I never bought another piece of their garbage. I tried reading the whisper of caladan short story but cringed at the first paragraph and stopped there. O gawd, why u do this?
I left the dune series, i look for quality works now. I suggest to anyone who misses Frank Herbert, to read his OTHER WORKS. He wrote more than dune, there are so many books and short stories. They offer another chance to read a book through his unique and creative perspective. What is great about Frank Herbert is that he ends alot of his stories with cliff hangers, maybe he meant for dune 6 to end the series? This urges you to use your imagination and let go of the walking stick that was dune 1-6. The dune universe cannot end, its impossible so what better way to end the series? Dune 6 bids farewell to the readers with all the main characters starting anew, being pursued by a dangerous enemy much like in dune 1. Then there is the personal message in the form of the free face dancers who represent Frank Herbert and his wife at the end. Isnt this evidence enough? Frank was going to die, he knew it. He could not find solace after the death of his wife and structured the end as the ultimate end, a cliffhanger. It is just his style, appreciate it and MOVE ON.
- October 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- Iakin Nefud said...
I have read most of the dune prequels, sequels and regretted it mightily,I always hoped they would improve... nope. it's like a copy of something that degrades with every new iteration.
However, i thought the idea was good, the concepts great, but the delivery failed, terribly. BH and KJA can't write for shit. Seen the "official" website? i cried.
- August 26, 2011 at 6:44 AM
- G said...
I, like all Dune aficionados, have bought and read every book even these two have put out. Shame on me, but I can't get enough of the universe.
The new books suck so bad it's... it's... they just make babies cry.
One poster said it all: FH could do in a single paragraph what these guys take two pages to do. I'd bet hunters and sandworms would've been a 300 page novella, tops. I'm rereading the originals but I know that I'll never make it through hunters and sandworms again.
- October 6, 2011 at 1:11 AM


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The Lockport Bridge
The early days of 1990 brought a grave concern to the residents of St. Andrews, when it was announced that the Federal Government was considering closing the Lockport Bridge. What a blow this would be to the community!
A committee was struck and soon a "Save our Bridge" campaign was on. Support poured in from various groups and soon the campaign took on the look of a celebration and kept getting expanded from the original protest meeting.
Organizers set a date of July 13 to 15 as a time for the two-day event to celebrate the official opening of "St. Andrews Lock and Dam" 80 years ago. The entire weekend was devoted to the Past with residents all donning period costumes, riding in horse-drawn buggies, having gala balls at Lower Fort Garry, fiddling, dancing, and eating.
The list of events never seemed to stop growing. Little Britain took a large role during these events by hosting the "Tea at Three" fashion show put on by the Dugald Costume Museum. Of course, the dress was "of the period" and truthfully, it was one of the highlights of the weekend.
Little Britain was not finished yet, for our Rev Don McKay was asked to take the part of the Chaplain during the anniversary of the official opening of the Locks as the first boat made use of the just completed structure 80 years ago.


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And I'm going to throw you a curve ball.... lol... I have a purple design which is actually the first nail design I did after I caught the nail polish bug that I wanted to show you.
I bought some dotters from Amazon and I was so excited to use them
because all of the nail designs I wanted to try you kinda needed a
dotter. I mean I know you could use things just as easily with a bobby
pin problem was I didn't have any, eye liner... I didn't want mess mine
up so I bought a nail art kit it had all the brushes and dotters and it
was only $20 I also bought a bunch of nail art polishes lol what can I
say I wanted to do everything right. So that is what I ended up with, my
hubby liked it but then again if I would have dipped my whole finger in
polish and pulled it out he would say that looks cool. So for all my
nail design addicts when did you start designing you nails?
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Yay it's the first day of March
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Arriving at HNL and Hawaiian Airlines Baggage Claim
Passengers arriving on Hawaiian Airlines flights should be aware that baggage claim is at the inter-island terminal but the flights arrive at the overseas terminal. So deplaning passengers have the option of walking (about 10 minutes) or using the airport's intra-airport shuttles. For the most part shuttle drivers attempt to be waiting for an arriving flight. The buses do crowded once you factor in everyone's carry-on bags.
Arriving at HNL tonight, I opt to walk. It's late evening and cool and I get to stretch my legs. At baggage claim are the usual lei greeters for passengers who have booked the packages.
I was originally scheduled to arrive at 7:15am on an American Airlines flight via a connection made in Los Angeles after what would have been an 11:35am departure from Vegas. But after my flight was cancelled and rebooked on a non-stop flight on Hawaiian, only get in two hours later. The Hawaiian flight left Vegas at 6:15pm and arrived in Honolulu at 9:30pm.
This is the last of my "Las Vegas May 2012" posts. I'll again posting feature articles until my next big trip which is my annual visit to New York City in June.
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One play. One NFL record.
Vikings wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson set a record to open Sunday night's game against Green Bay at the Metrodome by returning a kickoff 109 yards for a touchdown. It's a mark that can only be tied, never broken.
The previous record for longest kickoff return was 108 yards. It was accomplished by Ellis Hobbs on Sept. 9, 2007, for New England at the New York Jets, Green Bay's Randall Cobb on Sept. 8, 2011, against New Orleans and Jacoby Jones on Oct. 14, 2012, for Baltimore against Dallas.
Patterson also tied the NFL record for the longest play ever, another mark that can never be broken. Antonio Cromartie of San Diego returned a missed field 109 yards for a touchdown against Minnesota at the Metrodome on Nov. 4, 2007.
Patterson's return means the two longest plays in NFL history and the longest run in NFL history have all been at the Metrodome. Tony Dorsett of Dallas went 99 yards for a touchdown during the 1982 season.
Also, the NFL rushing record was set at the Metrodome. In the same game Cromartie returned the missed field goal 109 yards, Minnesota's Adrian Peterson ran for 296 yards.
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Intl Student Employment
All on-campus work-study positions only require an international student to have an F-1 visa. Off-campus employment must be authorized by the International Admissions Office at ORU.
Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
CPT is a position related to the student's degree plan. For example, an education major that works two days a week as a substitute teacher or a nursing student that works as a CNA. ORU has an application process the student must follow, but there is no government application. There is a one year limit on full-time CPT, so it is recommended that the international student ask for part-time (20 hours a week or less).
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
For every degree level completed, the international student has one year of full-time work authorization he/she can use called OPT. Most international students reserve this year of work for when they graduate. However, at ORU, undergraduate, international students are eligible for off-campus employment after one school year in valid status. Graduate and doctoral level students are eligible for immediate authorization upon valid enrollment.
International students cannot be hired as independent contractors. If the international student has been in the U.S. less than five years on an F-1 or J-1 visa, no FICA taxes need to be paid by the employer or the student.
H-1B Visas
If you wish to work in the USA after your OPT is complete, you need a work visa. An H-1B visa is the primary USA work visa/work permit. US Immigration requires every foreign national to obtain a visa in order to legally work in the USA. Steps to obtain at H-1B visa:
- Find a job with a company who will sponsor an H-1B visa for you.
- Your new employer (sponsor company) then files your H-1B application.
- Your H-1B visa application is approved by the US Immigration Bureau.
- You can start work for your new employer in the USA.
Important: Only the employer can apply for the visa, and the visa is issued for a particular
employee. You cannot apply for an H-1B visa by yourself.
To qualify for an H-1B visa you must work in a specialty occupation. For example, IT, Computing, Finance, Accounting, Banking, Marketing, Advertising, PR, Sales, Recruiting, Engineering (all types), Teaching, Health Care/Medical, Legal, Lawyers, Networking, Telecoms, Business, Management.
The H-1B visa is typically valid for up to six years. It is normally issued in for an initial period of 3 years, and then it has to be extended.
An H-1B visa entitles your spouse and children (under 21) to accompany you and live in the USA on an H-4 visa. However, the H-4 visa does not allow your spouse or children to work.
The H-1B visa is a Dual Intent visa. This means that you can apply for a Green Card (Legal Permanent Residency).


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Health at a Glance 2015
OECD Indicators
This 2015 edition of Health at a Glance – OECD Indicators presents the most recent comparable data on key indicators of health and health systems across the 34 OECD member countries. For a subset of indicators, it also reports data for partner countries.
From the Executive Summary
Health at a Glance 2015 presents cross-country comparisons of the health status of populations and the performance of health systems in OECD countries, candidate countries and key emerging economies.
The key findings of this publication are as follows.
New drugs will push up pharmaceutical spending unless policy adapts
Life expectancy continues to rise, but widespread differences persist across countries and socio-demographic groups
The number of doctors and nurses has never been higher in OECD countries
Out-of-pocket spending remains a barrier to accessing care
Too many lives are still lost because quality of care is not improving fast enough
Health at a Glance 2015 (Read online version – 220 pages):
Health at a Glance 2015 (links to PDFs of each section):
By Don McCanne, M.D.
Opponents of health care reform frequently dismiss efforts with the statement that the United States has the best health care system in the world. We don't. This biennial report of OECD indicators provides international comparisons with tables and graphs that can be very useful in explaining why the United States needs to get serious with our health care reform efforts. It is shameful that we fall far behind our peer nations in so many of the crucial health indicators.
The second link above is particularly helpful since you can readily select international comparisons on whichever topic you want, such as infant mortality, overweight and obesity among children, international migration of nurses, out-of-pocket medical expenditure, and so forth.
Fixing our health care financing system alone will not solve all of our problems, but a single payer system would give us a much better infrastructure on which to function.


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2016 Texas Race Camp Day Three Recap
Our third and final day of camp is all about the run…and an early one at that. I find that the later you start run day, the more likely you are to eat or do something else that's going to muck up your day — plus some folks have to hit the road. So early…read more


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After two weeks of being back at work part-time, I have come to the following conclusions:
- It's easier to stay at home full time.
- It's easier to work full time (this is partly an assumption and partly based on feedback from my full-time working friends).
I really enjoy my new job. It's fun to get back into the swing of things. I was concerned that over 6+ years of doing mom things, the part of my brain I'd use at work had gone to sleep. Forever, perhaps? But no. I'm wide awake! And I like being around other adults and talking about things that don't involve my kids.
I don't love spending 1 1/2 hours every day commuting back and forth, although it gives me time to read – which is always welcome.
When I'm not on the subway, I'm constantly rushing. Rushing to school drop-off, to the subway, to work, to school pick-up, and then I want to go to sleep.
The thing I'm struggling with the most as I'm adjusting to my new life and routines is the fact that I'm tired. Not just physically tired, but also just plain exhausted. My brain is tired. I'm lacking the patience and drive to do fun things with my kids. And that's sort of a bummer for me because I love nothing more than doing fun things with my kids. It makes me really sad. I think I also just miss summer and the endless opportunities to have adventures.
On Thursday night I sat on the couch and cried. I was too tired to eat dinner, too tired to watch stupid TV, too tired to read. So I went to bed at 9pm. Yesterday (I don't work Fridays) was spent with the kids, at speech therapy, doing laundry and house stuff, and at a kid birthday party.
Today we had no plans, and no Papa. Jeff had to work (bummer), so when I got up I decided the kids and I needed a day of fun. So we went to our favorite place: Coney Island!
I needed a day like today. Watching the boys bounce from ride to ride and be so happy and carefree put my heart in its right place.


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